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Gourd Craft has a long history and is a symbol of auspicious culture in China. Gourd culture has become one of Chinese cultural genes.

Linfen Paper-cutting Art has a long history and expresses people’s pursuit of happy life by various paper-cutting patterns. In 2006, Paper-cutting Art was listed in the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List. In 2009, Chinese Paper-cutting was selected into the List of Representative Works of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Woodcut New Year pictures are miniatures of Chinese society, revealing ancient people’s wish for a good harvest, which are of great value to the study of the production and development of Chinese society, folk customs and ideology. In November 2019, Linfen Pingyang Woodcut New Year Pictures Museum was listed in List of Representative Project Protection Units of National Intangible Cultural Heritage.

China is the hometown of porcelain which is a significant creation by ancient Chinese people. Pingyang porcelain integrates regional characteristics into the porcelain art and embodies the profound culture of Linfen.

Taiping Xiuqiu is a traditional folk handicraft widely spread in Linfen City. It has a long history and embodies the traditional culture and wisdom of Linfen people. In 2017, Taiping Xiuqiu was identified as a provincial intangible cultural heritage.

Linfen Museum, a comprehensive center for cultural relics in Linfen, protects, stores and displays precious cultural relics that represent Linfen's history and culture. It features mainly bronzes, ceramics, Buddhism paintings and woodcut New Year pictures. Deploying new digital technologies, the museum showcases the profound cultural heritage of Linfen through the four thematic culture parts arranged in chronological order.

Linfen Library is a comprehensive public library which integrates the classics collection, traditional library service, digital service and remote service. The overall image of the library takes the shape of ancient bamboo book with a lighthouse in the middle symbolizing knowledge. The whole building inclines gradually from north to south. It is a modern public library, characterized by its inclusiveness, comfort, and people-oriented style. Linfen Library, as an important city card and "landmark" building of Linfen, is the largest public literature information base and a center of cultural education for the public in southern Shanxi Province.

The Jin State Museum, located in Quwo County, Linfen City, is the first ancient relic museum in Shanxi Province. It is divided into four cultural layers, including Yangshao and Longshan culture layers representing the neolithic period, Xia Dynasty culture layer, culture layer from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Warring States Period, as well as culture layers of the Qin, Han, Yuan, and Ming Dynasties.