BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Over the past year, China's cultural appeal on the global stage has kept growing and thriving, and the Global Civilization Initiative is gaining increasing support across the globe.

　　AFFECTION, THROUGH GENERATIONS

　　A growing number of Chinese youth are embracing their country's traditional culture, a heritage which dates back thousands of years.

　　Compared totheir parents' generation,they start to learn about traditional culture at a relatively early age. They see itnot onlyin museums. Rather, they feel traditional cultureonvarious importantoccasions withcultural elements incorporated.

　　Zhuang Enqi (front) practices Yingge dance with a troupe in Yujiao Village of Guiyu Township, Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

　　Children learn to dress up with traditional headgear at a primary school in Longsheng Town, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

　　Zhou Jie, a full-time teacher of the “little Kunqu Opera training class,“ guides pupils at a training room of Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Sept. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Bo)