What is intangible cultural heritage? What are the intangible cultural heritages in Hunan?

Intangible cultural heritage refers to the traditional cultural expression handed down from generation to generation by all ethnic groups in China, which is closely related to our daily life, such as various traditional festivals, traditional performing arts, traditional knowledge and skills, covering a wide range and many projects, such as handicrafts, folk dances, operas, acrobatics and festivals.

Hunan is one of the important cradles of minority culture in southwest China. It has a long history, a blend of multi-ethnic cultures and unique natural resources, leaving a rich cultural heritage for Hunan. It has many intangible cultural heritages, such as folk literature, folk dances and folk songs, which are all famous and distinctive.

The famous intangible cultural heritage includes the custom of Dragon Boat Festival along the Miluo River, which is a traditional festival in China. The Dragon Boat Festival along the Miluo River in Hunan is from the beginning of May to the 15th. In Chutang, Fenghuang Mountain, Heshi and other places beside the Miluo River, during the Dragon Boat Festival, there will be banquets, eating zongzi, drinking realgar wine, dragon boat races, carving dragon heads, celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival, offering sacrifices to Qu Yuan and other traditional activities.

There are also ancient paintings and operas, which are actually circulated in Hunan, Hubei, Anhui and other places, but in these places, Hunan ancient paintings and operas are the most widely circulated and have the greatest influence. Hunan ancient painting drama is a general term, which refers to all ancient painting dramas in Hunan, and is subdivided into Changsha ancient painting drama, Hengzhou ancient painting drama and Yueyang ancient painting drama. Xiang opera's ancient paintings have rich music and many tunes.

There are many national intangible cultural heritages in Hunan, such as xiang opera, black tea and Hunan shadow play. Many of them are traditional cultures, and there are excellent places that we need to inherit and develop. Although it is 2 1 century now, we can't lose our traditional culture.