The city of Taipei has held a ceremony to recognize craftspeople and performers preserving the country's traditional arts, such as guqin making and Taiwanese opera.
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00:00A sound that transcends generations. Lin Fa has been plucking the guqin, an ancient
00:10stringed instrument from China, since he was a boy, under the tuition of his father, a
00:15master guqin maker.
00:24Now his father has earned recognition for his decades spent contributing to the craft
00:29of making the instrument, and Lin is considering the role he might play in preserving the art
00:35moving forwards.
00:47This ceremony in Taipei, put together by the city's Department of Cultural Affairs, is
00:51to recognise intangible cultural assets, kept alive by people like the Lin family.
01:07The city also recognised acclaimed performer Yang Lihua for her lifelong contributions
01:12to another art form, Taiwanese opera. Yang is a leading name both on screen and on stage,
01:20and is a fierce proponent of the arts.
01:35The guqin and Taiwanese opera are just two of 24 intangible cultural assets that Taipei's
01:42Cultural Department has added to its list since 2008, and artists like Lin and Yang
01:48are now members of a select group to be recognised for the key roles they've played in preserving
01:53these traditions.
01:55Andy Hsu and Rhys Ayres for Taiwan Plus.