Beijing Municipality has recently added to its ICH list the traditional brick carvings that can be admired in many historic buildings in the mainland. The first appearance of these carvings dates back to Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC); during Ming dynasty (1368-1644) represented the owner’s wealth and power. From Qing dynasty (1644-1911) onwards, many residents started to use them to decorate their courtyard. They constituted a sort of ancient business card as by the carvings was possible to understand the owner’s identity. The immense value of the carvings lies in the fact that they embody Chinese philosophical, aesthetic, literary and artistic ideologies. In 2001, Zhang Yan has been awarded by the local government with the official title of brick carvings inheritor and he is committed to keep alive this precious form of ICH. Zhang Yan is not alone; his daughter strongly supports him and decided to devote her life to the same mission. She started by establishing a youth organization at the Communication University of China; the Youths Advocating the Protection and Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage promotes ICH protection and awareness among schoolmates, organizes workshops with knowledgeable craftsmen to help them spreading their art and recently filmed an educational documentary to show inheritors’ lifestyle. Zhang Yan’s daughter is so engaged in keeping alive traditional brick carving that has planned her academic career in order to have a 360 degrees preparation. She will indeed study to pass national examination and become an ICH state official and work at the department for the protection of intangible cultural heritage under the Chinese National Academy of Arts. The gLAWcal Team LIBEAC project Tuesday, 21 October 2014 (Source: Women of China) This news has been realized by gLAWcal—Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development in collaboration with the University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy and the University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy which are both beneficiaries of the European Union Research Executive Agency IRSES Project “Liberalism in Between Europe And China” (LIBEAC) coordinated by Aix-Marseille University (CEPERC). This work has been realized in the framework of Workpackages 4, coordinated by University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy.