Chinese food's Intangible Cultural Heritage bids

Foreign successful cases

Some food-related initiatives from other countries have already been included on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

(Photos courtesy of unesco.org)

(France) Gastronomic meal of the French

(Mexico) Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm

(South Korea) Kimjang, making and sharing Kimchi in the Republic of Korea

(Japan) Washoku, traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese, notably for the celebration of New Year

(Turkey) Ceremonial Keşkek tradition

(Turkey) Turkish coffee culture and tradition

(Azerbaijan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey) Flatbread making and sharing culture: Lavash, Katyrma, Jupka, Yufka

(Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Portugal, Croatia and Cyprus) Mediterranean diet