Peking University, October 22, 2025: Peking University (PKU) has re-imagined its annual International Culture Festival this year, stepping beyond the event’s traditional exhibition booths and food stalls to launch a series of art displays and interactive handicraft stations. This aims to let artists showcase culturally rooted art forms while inviting attendees to craft with their hands and take home tangible creations tied to diverse global traditions. 

Each handicraft booth highlighted a unique cultural practice, vividly displaying the beauty of tradition and manual dexterity. At the Guizhou Botanical Painting booth, attendees used natural dyes to create small silk prints; the Japanese booth taught origami; the Mongolian booth offered bookmark-making session; the Thai booth focused on paper lanterns; and the Canadian booth guided visitors in crafting herb sachets.





A standout among the offerings is the display of Chinese Mianzhu New Year Woodblock Prints, an art form rooted in the ancient land of Shu, Sichuan’s historical cultural region. To complement the hands-on crafting, PKU has curated over 100 masterpieces of these traditional prints, including themes like "Gatekeeper Gods" and "Lectures in Ancestral Halls."

Every craft is more than just aesthetic, carrying deep cultural meaning, such as with Canadian herb sachets reflecting Indigenous practices of bonding with nature. For PKU, this represents a commitment to not only showcase culture, but also help people experience and connect with it.

Written by: An Bingjie 
Edited by: Chen Shizhuo
Photo by: Zhang Lingxin, An Bingjie