Visitors flock to the Gansu cultural innovation exhibition at the 9th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo. [Photo/Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism]

An exhibition focusing on Gansu's cultural innovation achievements opened in Dunhuang on Nov 3 as part of the 9th Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo.

The exhibition highlights more than 10,000 exhibits on the creative transformation and innovative development of Gansu's traditional culture.

Hosted by the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the nearly 1,800-square-meter exhibition has eight core sections focusing on topics such as Dunhuang culture, cultural relics, and intangible cultural heritage.

The event's nearly 10,000 exhibits cover cultural brand derivatives, daily-use products, culture and art, specialty food, and experience services, forming a tiered product system catering to mass consumption, business gifts, and art collection.

Highlights include Dunhuang cultural products featuring flying apsaras, the nine-colored deer, traditional crafts such as Lanzhou gourd carving, Zhangye pyrography, Pingliang paper-cutting, Dingxi wheat-straw painting, and Linxia clay sculpture, and derivatives of the bronze galloping horse and ancient bamboo slips and books.

The exhibition also includes folk song and dance performances and offers stamp-collecting activities. It aims to tell Silk Road and Gansu stories to guests from home and abroad.