China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum and China National Arts and Crafts Museum

China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum and China National Arts and Crafts Museum is located on the northern extension of Beijing's central axis, undertaking the important functions of displaying, collecting and researching Chinese arts and crafts and Chinese intangible cultural heritage.

The museum has a collection of jade, Beijing embroidery, lacquerware, bone carvings, ivory carvings, wood and stone carvings, and other treasures containing Beijing's intangible cultural heritage skills. These include the masterpieces of the older generation of arts and crafts masters, as well as outstanding works that have won national gold medals or international gold medals over the years. 

Address: No. 16, Hujing East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Cloisonne Art Museum of China

Beijing cloisonne technique is called "Jing Tai Lan" because it matured in the Jingtai period of the Ming dynasty. 

The manufacturing process of cloisonne integrates many professional techniques such as fine arts, carving, inlay, glass smelting and metallurgy and so on, carrying distinctive Chinese style and profound cultural connotation.

In 2006, the technique was inscribed on the National Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. 

In June 2012, Beijing Enamel Factory established China's first cloisonne art museum. The museum chronicles the development of the enamel factory for more than 60 years, displaying cloisonne of all periods and many other classic works. 

There is Qin Shi Huang's "copper" carriage, mahogany cloisonne ruyi, various literary tools, giant gourds, incense burners and cranes by the emperor's throne... Step into the Cloisonne art museum and feel the charming blue.

Address: No. 10, Anlelin Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing

Lord Rabbit 

Lord Rabbit is a clay sculpture handicraft of old Beijing and a unique cultural symbol of Beijing. Born in the late Ming Dynasty, Lord Rabbit has a history of more than 380 years and has become one of the most representative intangible cultural heritage of Beijing. 

No. 19 of Yangmeizhu Xiejie is an old Lord Rabbit shop, and the owner is Zhang Zhongqiang, the fifth generation of "Lord Rabbit Zhang". The store is full of rabbits of different sizes and shapes, which are smart and cute, like a small rabbit museum. 

Here, you can also make your own rabbit work under the guidance of old artists.

Address: No. 19, Yangmeizhu Xiejie, Xicheng District, Beijing

Translator: BAO Minmin

Reviewer: WANG Yiwen