CHINA’S Third International Folk Art Festival recently convened in Beijing, Dalian, Shenzhen and Huizhou, where folk artists from 15 countries performed at the opening ceremony. An art festival of this kind is held every two years. The first and the second international folk art festivals were convened in 1990 and in 1992 respectively, sponsored by the Confederation Society of China’s Literature and Art. Compared with the former two art festivals, the dance CHINA’S Third International Folk Art Festival recently convened in Beijing, Dalian, Shenzhen and Huizhou, where folk artists from 15 countries performed at the opening ceremony. An art festival of this kind is held every two years. The first and the second international folk arts festivals were convened in 1990 and in respectively in 1992, sponsored by the Confederation Society of China’s Literature and Art. Compared with the former two art festivals, the dance