The ceremony of "sending the imperial ship" is included in the list of a non-material cultural heritage Specialized establishment United Nations concerning education, sciences and cultures

Kuala Lumpur, 18 December/Xinhua / on December 17 in the evening / on the Beijing time / became known of inclusion in the List of a non-material cultural heritage Specialized establishment United Nations concerning education, sciences and cultures to a ceremony "vanchuan" "Sendings the imperial ship of a ceremony and the practician, representing a stable relation between people and the ocean". The demand for ceremony inclusion Specialized establishment United Nations concerning education, sciences and cultures gave to the list in common China and Malaysia. Ceremony "vanchuan" a folk custom of prayer about wellbeing and disgust of the disasters, widespread in Province of Fujian in the southeast China and in coastal areas of Melaka to Malaysia. Photos Xinhua/Shen...