With the 24 Solar Terms, 39 Chinese cultural items have now been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Here's a full rundown of what's been included so far.
31 of these Chinese elements were inscribed on The Representative List, including:
China's Twenty-Four Solar Terms -- a centuries old calendar system based on the sun's annual motion
Chinese Zhusuan -- a mathematical calculation method using the Chinese abacus
Chinese shadow puppetry
The use of acupuncture and moxibustion as part of traditional Chinese medicine

Chinese Zhusuan -- a mathematical calculation method using the Chinese abacus.
Peking opera
Chinese seal engraving
Chinese engraved block printing
Chinese calligraphy
Chinese paper-cutting
Traditional architectural craftsmanship using timber-framed structures
Nanjing Yunjin brocade craftsmanship
China's Dragon Boat festival
The Farmers’ dance performed by China’s Korean ethnic group
Gesar epic story telling tradition
Grand songs of the Dong ethnic group
Hua’er ballads, practiced in China's Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia provinces
Manas -- the traditional epic poetry of China's Kyrgyz people

Chinese shadow puppetry.
Mazu belief and customs
Mongolian Khoomei throat singing
Nanyin music
Tibetan Buddhist Regong art
Chinese sericulture and silk craftsmanship
Tibetan opera
Longquan celadon pottery firing technology
Xuan paper craftsmanship
Xi’an wind and percussion music
Yueju opera
Guqin music
Kunqu opera
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang
Urtiin Duu traditional folk songs
Seven were inscribed on The List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. They are:
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling
The Uygur cultural event, Meshrep
Chinese junks and their watertight-bulkhead technology
Chinese wooden movable-type printing
Qiang New Year's festival
Chinese traditional wooden arch bridges
Li textile techniques, which include spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery
And one cultural item, Chinese Fujian puppetry, was inscribed on UNESCO's List of Intangible Heritage on Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.














