Customs and habits in Shaoyang County

White warehouse stilts are a kind of performance form tied to dancers' feet with long wooden stilts, which is highly technical, difficult to perform and lively and diverse.

A blue cloth with a white pattern

Blue calico is a traditional hollow white pulp anti-dye printing, also known as indigo calico, commonly known as "medicinal patch" and "watering cloth". Blue calico is baked with synthetic mortar made of lime and soybean powder, and made of cotton, hand-woven, carved and scraped. Shaoyang county blue calico has been included in the national intangible cultural protection heritage list.

shadow play

Puppet puppet show is also called quilt play and quilt play. The puppet show in Shaoyang County originated from Yanwoling in Baizhu Village. It is taught by mouth and heart. The performance methods and skills are as follows: An artist has a pair of puppets, whether it is drama, literati play or martial arts, which are all controlled flexibly by the artist's hands, feet, mouth, tongue and fingers. The main repertoires include The List of Gods, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West, Yang Xiao Fighting Tigers, etc. Most of them are martial arts dramas, ghost dramas and burlesque dramas. The music is mainly based on Qi Opera singing, with a fresh, simple and pure style, which is unique.