What are the flowers of intangible cultural heritage?

"Hua'er" among the intangible cultural heritage is a traditional folk song.

"Hua'er" originated in the early Ming Dynasty, that is, around 1368 AD. It is an original creation among the Han, Hui, Tibetan, Dongxiang, Bao'an, and Mongolian ethnic groups that spread in Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia provinces in northwest China. Enjoyable folk songs. It got its name because the lyrics compare women to flowers. It is sung in Chinese, and its music is influenced by the traditional music of Qiang, Tibetan, Han, Tu and Muslim ethnic groups.

The structure of "Hua'er" is divided into two parts. The first part is expressive and the second part is the theme content of the song. The tune is highly lyrical and is sung in Linxia dialect, giving it a strong local flavor. The lyrics and tunes of "Hua'er" are divided into two categories: "Hezhou Hua'er" and "Lianhua Mountain Hua'er". On May 20, 2006, Hua'er was approved by the State Council of China to be included in the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list. In 2009, it was included in the Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The current situation of the intangible cultural heritage "Hua'er":

"Hua'er" has a broad mass base in the local area, but with the impact and penetration of the economic tide and modern civilization, the original and simple "Hua'er" living space is facing shrinking. "Hua'er" is practiced in farmland and mountains. Some people who sing well are called "Hua'er Bashi". After years of working and grazing, they learned to sing from adults, became familiar with the tunes, and then became their own Ability to improvise duet lyrics or lead singing.

Nowadays, the idyllic rural life that is most conducive to the growth of flowers is gradually being broken. Many young men and girls are no longer satisfied with the original way of survival and have left their hometowns to find money-making opportunities and new life dreams. Therefore, they truly love "flowers". There are very few singers who can put in the effort to achieve this goal.