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Plate Spinning

Also known as 杂技转碟 · Chinese acrobatic sticks

Plate Spinning: photograph by Bernard McManus
Photo: Bernard McManus, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Many plates spin on thin poles.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of China.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of China.

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