Photo taken on May. 17, 2012 shows a giant rosewood abacus at an abacus museum in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province. The traditional use of the abacus for calculating in China was newly added to the list of the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage, announced the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Dec. 4. (Xinhua/Xu Congjun)
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Chinese Zhusuan listed as World Intangible Cultural Heritage
BEIJING, Dec.5 (Xinhuanet) -- Zhusuan, the Chinese traditional method of calculations using the abacus, has been listed as a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage.Full Story
A pupil uses an abacus in class at a primary school in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 5, 2013. The traditional use of the abacus for calculating in China was newly added to the list of the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage, announced the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Dec. 4. (Xinhua/Li Mangmang)
Pupils use abacuses in class at a primary school in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 5, 2013. The traditional use of the abacus for calculating in China was newly added to the list of the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage, announced the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Dec. 4. (Xinhua/Li Mangmang)
A pupil uses an abacus in class at a primary school in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 5, 2013. The traditional use of the abacus for calculating in China was newly added to the list of the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage, announced the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Dec. 4. (Xinhua/Li Mangmang)
Pupils use abacuses in class at a primary school in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 5, 2013. The traditional use of the abacus for calculating in China was newly added to the list of the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage, announced the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Dec. 4. (Xinhua/Li Mangmang)
