What are the 52 non-legacy sites in China?

Shadow play is a kind of folk drama, in which the silhouette of characters made of animal skin or cardboard is used to perform the story. During the performance, the artists manipulated the shadow puppeteers behind the white curtain, telling stories with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which had a strong local flavor.

Its popularity is extremely extensive, and various shadow plays are formed due to different voices played in different places. According to historical records, shadow play began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty, and spread to West Asia and Europe in the Yuan Dynasty. It has a long history. On 20 1 1 year, Chinese shadow play was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

2. Chinese paper cutting

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art of cutting and carving patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities.

Chinese paper-cutting contains rich cultural and historical information, which expresses the social identity, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication. In 2009, Chinese paper-cutting was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

3. Guqin art

Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting were once the four skills that ancient China literati were proud of, and they were also the four arts. Among them, Qin Le is the oldest and longest-lasting form of instrumental music in the history of China, with a verifiable history of 3,000 years. Idioms that are well-known to women and children, such as "high mountains and flowing water", "burning the piano to cook cranes" and "playing the piano for cows", all come from stories related to the piano.

However, because Qin has always been a kind of elegance cultivated by literati since ancient times, it is rarely played in public, so modern people have very limited understanding of it. In 2008, Guqin art was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

4. abacus

Abacus is a numerical calculation method with abacus as a tool, and it is known as the fifth invention of China. Abacus is a simple calculation tool invented and created by the working people in ancient China. The word "abacus calculation" was first seen in Xu Yue's Arithmetic Notes written in the Han Dynasty, and there is a saying: "abacus calculation, control of four seasons, latitude and longitude three talents". 20 13 was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

5, solar terms

Twenty-four solar terms refer to 24 specific festivals in the China lunar calendar, which were established in the pre-Qin period in China and completely established in the Han Dynasty. It divides the sun's annual trajectory into 24 equal parts, and each equal part is a solar term, starting from beginning of spring and ending with the great cold.

It is not only a time standard promulgated by successive governments, but also a compass to guide agricultural production. The compass for people to predict cold, warm, snow and rain in their daily lives is the crystallization of the long-term experience and wisdom of our working people. 20 16 was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.

6. Acupuncture

Acupuncture is the general term for acupuncture. Acupuncture means that under the guidance of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the needle is pierced into the patient at a certain angle, and the specific parts of the human body are stimulated by acupuncture methods such as twisting and lifting, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diseases.

Acupuncture is one of the important components of oriental medicine, including acupuncture theory, acupoints, acupuncture techniques and related instruments. In the process of its formation, application and development, it has distinctive Chinese national culture and regional characteristics, and is a valuable heritage based on Chinese national culture and scientific tradition. 20 1 1 selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage.