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What are the customs in Guangzhou?

1, Huangge unicorn dance

Huangge Kirin Dance is a traditional dance in huangge town, Nansha District, Guangzhou, and is a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Guangdong.

Huangge unicorn dance is a kind of self-entertainment dance. It belongs to one of the cultural heritages of Guangdong Province. The legend of Kirin and Kirin dances in huangge town, Nansha District, Guangzhou, began in the Ming Dynasty and originated in Hengping Village, Huangpu.

The shape of Kirin is based on the appearance of Kirin in ancient legends-dragon head, lion body, antlers, sheep head and oxtail. In recent years, Huangge Town has attached great importance to traditional arts and mass cultural activities, built Kirin culture into the town's brand culture, and organized forces to excavate and sort out the once-interrupted Kirin dance.

2. Anchovies dance

Aoyu Dance is a traditional dance popular in Panyu District of Guangzhou, and it is one of the intangible cultural heritages of Guangdong Province.

Aoyu Dance is a traditional folk dance loved by the masses in Shayong Village, Panyu, Guangzhou. It originated from a beautiful myth and legend. Before liberation, every time the dancing fish went out, those who worked outside went back to their hometown to participate in activities. In the evening, the parade will be started by Dawen Gong, Luo San, the first card and Dadan Banner, followed by Ao Yu.

There are all kinds of fish lanterns and colorful "color teams", such as "taking the lead" including selling fish, pork, chicken olives, wonton and so on. Kui Xing, who led Ao before liberation, was ugly, and was later led as the top scholar in Shuai Shuai. There used to be only two pairs of dances, a woman and a man, and then there were ten dances.

It can be used not only as a stage performance with story content, but also as a square and parade performance. Aoyu dance not only adds to the festive atmosphere, but also expresses the working people's prayers for a better life.

Step 3 wake up the lion

It belongs to the Southern Lion in China Lion Dance. Historically, it was born out of the court lion dance in the Tang Dynasty. After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, with the migration from the Central Plains to the south, lion dance culture was introduced into Lingnan area.

In the Ming Dynasty, lion dance appeared in Guangdong, originated in Nanhai County, and spread widely in the southern region and overseas Chinese communities. There are many different factions and types of lion dancing in China, which have different meanings in different places in China. Among them, lion dance is a famous lion dance faction in Guangdong, Guangxi, Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China. Lion dance requires high requirements and conditions.

4, floating color

Gone with the Wind originated in Guangdong in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and belongs to one of the performing arts forms of social fire. Many people are pushing a beautifully decorated color board with figures in a fixed position.

For example, the figures on these boards are played by children aged 4 to 7, who are specially trained and supported by carefully disguised steel brackets. Use ingenious mechanical principles to create a "floating" effect. It is said that Guangdong Piaose originated from Ganwu Town, Doumen, Zhuhai in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

In different areas, there are various names, such as Piaose, Taige, Cai Qing, Gaogao, Caijia and Tashi. Performers stand on a small stage called "Caigui" and display fragments of folklore or fairy tales in the form of a parade. The magic lies in that the actors stand in the air through carefully disguised steel branches, supported by invisible colored stalks, and use ingenious mechanical principles to create a "floating" effect.

5. Eight-tone gongs and drums

Eight-tone gongs and drums are a very special folk instrumental music in Guangdong. They have three forms of expression: percussion, singing Xiqin opera and playing Xika opera. They were introduced from the cappella performance class of Western Qin Opera in eastern Guangdong in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, and were derived from the vocals of Cantonese Opera and Cantonese music. Therefore, the people are also called "singing Western Qin" and "listening to Western Qin".

It is widely circulated in the Pearl River Delta and Foshan. According to the performance and pronunciation principle of materials, they can be divided into eight categories: gold, stone, silk, bamboo, mud, grass and wood. The gongs and drums cabinet is also called the music cabinet.

20 14, 1 1, "Eight-tone gongs and drums" was approved by the State Council to be included in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.