Jiangzhou drumming, an ancient folk music from North China's Shanxi province, opened the awards ceremony of the 2015 Laureus Worlds Sports Awards in Shanghai on April 15.
The Yungang Grottoes Research Academy in Shanxi province and the Dunhuang Research Academy inked an agreement on April 12 on conservation of ancient wall paintings and earthen relic sites.
Wicker basket is regarded as an important instrument in Yu county, North China's Shanxi province. Nowadays making wicker basket has become a disappearing folk craftsmanship.
Starting in 2015, the State and Shanxi province will raise funds of 1.5 billion yuan ($239.85 million) to preserve and repair 235 ancient wooden architectures.
North China's Shanxi province will raise funds to renovate and protect its ancient wooden architecture between 2015 and 2020, local authorities said Monday.
About 900,000 traditional villages have disappeared over the past 10 years and the situation is becoming more serious than anticipated, Feng Jicai, a famed writer and CPPCC member, said on Wednesday.
