Two inheritors of intangible cultural heritage items in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang province have recently won provincial recognition, local media reported on Dec 7.

Li Guoliang is an inheritor of the traditional wedding customs on islands. To better familiarize people with the special wedding customs, Li has organized exhibitions in local folk museums, consisting of articles involved in island wedding customs that come from nearly 200 private dowry collections.

Another inheritor Shu Xinhu has been dedicated to protecting and developing Shengsi fishermen's songs. Shu has revived more than 60 fishermen's songs and created over 40 songs in that vein over the past several years.

He also wrote academic papers and gave lectures to promote Shengsi fishermen's songs to more people in Zhoushan.

In recent years, Zhoushan has ramped up efforts to cultivate inheritors of local intangible cultural heritage items and the city is currently home to 24 inheritors who have received provincial recognition.