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What folk culture are there in Shanxi?

Shanxi folk culture includes lanterns, fireworks, stilts, dry boat running, bamboo and horse running, tram dancing, chair-picking dancing, lion dancing, dragon dancing, China Huangtai, upside-down flower drums, iron bars and back sticks, fishermen beating clams, Master Shen sitting in a sedan chair, Jinnan Blood Society Fire, Yellow River Lantern Festival, Taiyuan Society Fire, Huairen Wanghuo and so on.

There are dozens of varieties of drums in Shanxi, among which Shanxi prestige gongs and drums are the representative. The majestic gongs and drums are popular folk square art in Huozhou, Hongdong, Fenxi and Linfen, and have the characteristics of "prestige": the configuration of gongs and drums, the organization of bands, performances and costumes are all showing prestige. In the second year of Tang Gaozu Wude (6 19), Li Shimin fought against Liu Wuzhou in Huozhou, beat drums and gongs, and won, so it was handed down with prestige.