Living heritage / Contemporary life

Activate cultural heritage. Reframe civilizational narratives.

Bring Chinese cultural heritage into contemporary life, connect it with the world, and keep creating civilizational value.

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CCHS / Living Heritage

01 / Mission

Heritage is not an ending. It is a beginning.

Chinese Cultural Heritage Society (CCHS) is a Canadian not-for-profit corporation and a charitable organization recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). As an international cultural heritage platform, we advance international heritage exchange, lawful repatriation cooperation, international communication of intangible cultural heritage, heritage activation, education and long-term institutional cooperation.

InternationalContemporaryPublic valueLong-term cooperation

International cultural heritage exchange

International Cultural Heritage Exchange

Build responsible connections among heritage, institutions and publics across borders through research, exchange, digitization, education and international cooperation.

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03 / Public-interest framework

Chinese Repatriated Cultural Heritage Fund

Building on the signed memorandum of understanding, Chinese Cultural Heritage Society of Canada and Zhongchuang Cultural Trade (Beijing) Cultural Relics and Artworks Co., Ltd. (a wholly owned entity of the China Cultural Relics Exchange Center) are jointly advancing fund-related research and exploring a long-term public-interest cooperation framework supporting lawful return, research, digitization, public education and international cooperation.

Current directionResearch and long-term cooperation in progress

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Heritage activation

Heritage Activation

In cooperation with Zhongchuang Cultural Trade (Beijing) Cultural Relics and Artworks Co., Ltd. (a wholly owned entity of Art Exhibitions China) around cultural programs including “Why Bole”, we explore design, public art, international communication, education, digital culture and youth participation—not copying tradition, but creating new expression.

DesignPublic artEducationDigital cultureYouth

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05 / Intangible heritage

International Communication of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Translate living knowledge into contemporary Eastern aesthetics and globally legible experiences, so intangible heritage can enter modern design, education, public culture and everyday life.

Contemporary Eastern aesthetics

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06 / Living culture series

Culture National Treasure

Follow “Xiongan” into contemporary clothing and ceramic art, where heritage returns to touch, use and everyday life.

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News

2026

Institutional cooperation

Chinese Culture Fund Management Limited, CHINESE CULTURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY, and Zhongchuang Cultural Trade (Beijing) Cultural Relics and Artworks Co., Ltd. (a wholly owned entity of Art Exhibitions China) sign a memorandum of understanding to establish the Canada Operations Center of the China International Cultural Relics Exchange Platform.

The memorandum of understanding establishes a framework for long-term cooperation. The three parties are jointly exploring and advancing related fund research and cultural program work.

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Editorial

CCHS Editorial

When Cultural Heritage Is No Longer Only About the Past

Heritage endures not through preservation alone, but through informed and accountable acts of creation. This editorial asks how tradition can remain active without being reduced to nostalgic repetition.

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08 / Contact

Begin a conversation

We welcome dialogue with cultural institutions, researchers, educators, culture bearers and prospective partners.

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