What are the five intangible cultural heritages in China?

Blowing sugar factory was an industry in old Beijing. In Beijing dialect, it is called "Blowing Sugar", which is a folk art activity in China. Vendors are walking up and down the street with a pole on their shoulders. At one end of the pole is a rectangular cabinet with a shelf. There is a semicircular wooden round cage with an opening under the cabinet. There is a small charcoal stove in it, and the big spoon on the stove contains syrup.

Step 2 knead people

The dough mixer, also known as dough sculpture, is a simple but artistic traditional folk art activity. China's dough sculpture art was recorded in writing as early as the Han Dynasty. It uses flour and glutinous rice flour as the main raw materials, plus pigments, paraffin wax, honey and other ingredients, and makes soft dough of various colors after crack-proof and mildew-proof treatment.

The dough-kneading artist takes materials at will according to his needs. After several times of kneading, rubbing and pulling, he skillfully places, cuts, engraves and strokes with a small bamboo knife, shapes his body, hands and head, puts on hair ornaments and clothes, and instantly gets rid of the vivid artistic image.

Step 3 cut paper

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art activity that uses scissors or carving knives to cut out and carve patterns on paper to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities.

On May 20th, 2006, the paper-cut art heritage was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. At the fourth meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held from September 28th to June 54381October 2nd, 2009, China announced that the Chinese paper-cutting project was included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".

4. Lu embroidery

Lu embroidery is an ancient art activity. Embroidery produced in Shandong is a representative embroidery in Shandong Province, which is called "Lu" for short, hence the name. It is one of the earliest recorded embroideries in historical documents and belongs to one of the "Eight Famous Embroideries" in China. The embroidery thread used is mostly coarse twisted double-stranded silk thread, commonly known as "garment thread", so it is also called "garment thread embroidery".

Lu embroidery was once popular in Shandong, Hebei, Henan and other places. Its embroidery not only has clothing supplies, but also decorative paintings and calligraphy works. The style of Lu embroidery is different from other embroideries. It is made by Qi Zhen, needle winding, seed beating, needle roller, needle winding, needle sewing and so on, with dark fabric as the background and colored twisted double-strand garment thread as the embroidery thread. And choose folk favorite figures, mandarin ducks, butterflies and hibiscus flowers as the theme.

5. Shadow play

Shadow play, also known as "shadow play" or "light shadow play", is an artistic activity of making people out of animal skins or cardboard to perform stories. During the performance, the artists manipulated the shadow puppeteers behind the white curtain and told stories with local popular tunes.

At the same time, it is accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which has a strong local flavor. Its popularity is extremely extensive, and various shadow plays are formed due to different voices played in different places.

Shadow play is an ancient traditional folk art activity in China, and old Beijingers call it "donkey shadow play". According to historical records, shadow play began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty, and spread to West Asia and Europe in the Yuan Dynasty. It has a long history.

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