Xinhua Headlines: Spring Festival -- from traditional Chinese festival to world intangible heritage

by Xinhua writers Tan Huiting, Zhu Yubo, Zhou Yongsui

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Amid enthusiastic applause and the symbolic strike of a gavel, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday officially announced the recognition of the Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional new year, as an Intangible Cultural Herit