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A museum in central China has opened a new language resources hall showcasing recordings from over 1,800 survey sites nationwide, reflecting Beijing's push to turn China's linguistic diversity into a public cultural resource. The interactive voice-recognition booths pinpoint a visitor's hometown dialect, while digital technology brings language preservation research out of databases and into public spaces.

The exhibition, part of the Project for the Protection of Language Resources of China launched in 2015, features recordings of 10 major Chinese dialects and over 100 ethnic minority languages, including Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur and Zhuang. Over 30 language-related cultural relics are also displayed. Beijing has stepped up efforts to preserve and use the country's linguistic and cultural resources, with policies supporting language museums and integrating digital resources into everyday life, aligning with President Xi Jinping's "cultural confidence" drive.