Culture of Weicheng District

Qinqiang

belongs to the board cavity body, the main type of local theater in the territory, the masses called the big opera. The traditional repertoire of Qinqiang*** has more than 400 plays, of which more than 300 are big plays (also known as this play) and more than 100 are small plays (or folding plays). The main repertoire includes: "Wudianpo", "Guillotine Case", "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", "Traveling to the West Lake", "Three Drops of Blood", "Leper's Daughter", "Legend of the White Snake" and so on.

Stringed Plank Cavity

Also known as "Plank Cavity". With its accompanying instruments are mainly two strings, three strings and board three big pieces and named, originated in the Song Dynasty, by the development of the chirp opera and formed, is one of the small folk theater in Weicheng District, mostly used in shadow plays.

Meidu

Also known as the quzi theater, is a qu card body. It is one of the small folk plays formed after the ancient "Qingqu" in the "moon string quzi" was put on the stage, which began to circulate in Weicheng District in the Ming Dynasty, and now it is still flourishing and has been put on the big stage. Traditional folk arts and crafts are numerous, mainly embroidery, knitting, weaving, cloth stickers, paper-cutting, paper tie, clay sculpture, face flower, wood carving, stone carving, gold hot and so on. Its shape is mainly birds and beasts, bees and butterflies, insects and fish, flowers and trees, mountains and rivers, opera characters, folk stories, legends and so on.

Guanzhong is rich in wheat, the territory is famous for the local characteristics of the flower craft. The custom of sending each other flower buns has been passed down from generation to generation. Flower buns appear as gift buns and offerings, originating from the Chinese nation's ancient concept of yin and yang and the traditional customs of the Zhou ritual. Their shapes are mostly animals, flowers, fruits and vegetables, and auspicious patterns. Flower buns are given during the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Chung Yeung Festival every year, especially the "September Flower Cake" which is more characteristic. Others, such as birthday wishes for the elderly, weddings and funerals, babies full moon, and busy daughters back to their families are also used.