What are the intangible cultural heritages in urgent need of safeguarding?

What are the intangible cultural heritages in urgent need of protection?

Qiang Nian (Year of the Qiang)

Qiang Nian (Year of the Qiang) is a traditional festival of the Qiang ethnic minority in 23 townships in Li County, Mao County, Wenchuan County and Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County of Sichuan Province, and is one of the intangible cultural heritages of the national level.

Qiang Nian (Qiang calendar year), the Qiang language, called Rimai Festival, Rimeiji, meaning the Qiang New Year, a small year, harvest festival, etc., is the Qiang people in the year to celebrate the harvest, send blessings, pray for peace of the festival.

The Qiang New Year is celebrated on the first day of the 10th lunar month every year, usually for 3-5 days, and in some villages it lasts until the 10th day of the 10th lunar month. The Year of the Qiang is a comprehensive folklore event that combines rituals, singing, dancing, skill performances, knowledge transfer, costumes and Qiang meals.

In 2006, the Year of the Qiang was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage by the Sichuan provincial government.

On June 7, 2008, Qiang Nian, declared by Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Li County, Mao County and Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, was inscribed on the second national list of intangible cultural heritage, Heritage No. X-82.

In 2009, it was inscribed on the list of UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

Li Traditional Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving and Embroidery Techniques

Li Traditional Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving and Embroidery Techniques, Traditional Handicrafts in Hainan Province, one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

The Li Traditional Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving and Embroidery Technique is a kind of textile technique created by Li women in Hainan Province, China, which integrates spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery, and uses materials such as cotton threads, linen threads, and other fibers to make clothes and other daily necessities.

On May 20, 2006, it was inscribed on the first national list of intangible cultural heritage, Item No. VM-19.

In 2009, it was inscribed on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO (the List).

Traditional Construction Techniques of Chinese Wooden Arch Bridges

The traditional construction techniques of Chinese wooden arch bridges mainly include such important steps as choosing the bridge site, building the bridge platform, measuring the level, building the arch, putting on the scissors, setting up the horse legs, and erecting the bridge house, etc., and the core technique is to build the arch.

On June 7, 2008, it was included in the second national intangible cultural heritage list.

Maishirev

Maishirev is the name of a form of dance and entertainment that refers to the kind of large-scale self-indulgent activity that involves a large number of people (by participation, it means that there is no audience present, but that all are participants in the activity), and that focuses on song and dance.

Chinese movable type printing

Movable type printing is an ancient printing method, which was invented by the ancient Chinese working people after a long period of practice and research. First, a mold of a single character was made, then the character was selected according to the manuscript, arranged in a character tray, inked and printed, and then the mold was removed after printing, to be used again in the next printing.

The invention of movable type printing was a great technological revolution in the history of printing.

The invention of clay movable type by Bi Sheng (970-1051) in China during the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1041-1048) marked the birth of movable type printing. He was the world's first inventor, some 400 years before German Johannes Gutenberg's lead movable type. In the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Zhen succeeded in creating wood movable type, and also invented the rotary wheel typesetting. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, copper movable type was more widely used in Nanjing, Wuxi and Suzhou in Jiangsu Province.

China's watertight compartments Fukushima manufacturing technology

China's watertight compartments Fukushima manufacturing technology is an important national traditional handicrafts of Fujian coastal wooden boat manufacturing, camphor wood, pine, cedar as the main material, the use of mortise and tenon joints, cabin seams and other core technologies, so that the hull structure is strong, the compartments and the compartments are independent of each other, the formation of a sealed impermeable structural form, in the "Master head" ( Under the command of "Master Head" (the honorable name for the presiding shipbuilding craftsmen in southern Fujian), the work is completed by many craftsmen in close cooperation.

Watertight compartment shipbuilding technology is a major invention of the Chinese working people in shipbuilding, invented around the Tang Dynasty, after the Song Dynasty was widely used. This technique is a great invention in the history of human shipbuilding and has played a revolutionary role in improving the safety of navigation, fully reflecting the extraordinary wisdom and outstanding talent of the ancient Chinese working people.

Herzhe Imakan

Herzhe Imakan is a form of Herzhe storytelling, which was formed in the late Qing Dynasty at the beginning of the Republic of China at the latest, and is popular in the Herzhe-inhabited areas of Heilongjiang Province.

Herzhe Imakan is performed in the form of a person who sings and speaks in combination with a bare-knuckle narrative, which is largely based on speaking, supplemented by singing, and is not accompanied by musical instruments. The type of program and performance style of Herzhe Imakan is divided into "big singing" and "small singing".

"Singing" that is, "Imakan singing", is to say that the performance focuses on and excels in the performance of heroic and legendary program content; "Singing" that is, "Imakan singing", is to sing the main performance, focus on and excels in the performance of lyrical content of the short program. The traditional programs are long, medium and short, and the representative works are "Shir Daru Mozhgan" and "Mangamu Mozhgan".

Herzhe Imakan is an indispensable kind of artwork and a way of entertainment and aesthetics in the life of Herzhe people, and it also has the function of passing down the history and culture of the nation as a "textbook" with unique value and great significance.

On May 20, 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list;

In 2011, it was included in the world-class intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO.