TY - JOUR AU - Shaoya He AU - Xia Zhu AB - The Folklore Program at Beijing Normal University is participating in the new central government initiative "Workshop for Training Inheritance ofIntangible Cultural Heritage Bearers," a platform for ICH bearers to transmit traditional knowledge and skill to younger generations. This essay reflects on the experience of holding this workshop on the theme of "festival-ritual," which involved working with parties in the local village and government and promoting new models of transmitting traditions by training young bearers. M1 - 2 N2 - The Folklore Program at Beijing Normal University is participating in the new central government initiative "Workshop for Training Inheritance ofIntangible Cultural Heritage Bearers," a platform for ICH bearers to transmit traditional knowledge and skill to younger generations. This essay reflects on the experience of holding this workshop on the theme of "festival-ritual," which involved working with parties in the local village and government and promoting new models of transmitting traditions by training young bearers. SP - 207 EP - 217 TI - Safeguarding Festivals Reflections on the Training Workshop for Young ICH Bearers VL - 81 SN - 0043-373X ER -