Introduction of Erlang Mountain Flower Association

Erlang Mountain flowers will be Min County, Gansu Province, the Han Chinese folklore and folk belief activities. The earliest from the Minxian god of the race, according to evidence of its formation time for the Ming Dynasty, to May 17 Erlangshan flower will be the largest. Sacrifices the day, sacrifices the mass race sings "the Tao Min flower child", its time race will participate in the number of people up to more than one hundred thousand, the scene is extremely warm. The singing of "Tao Min Hua Er" is divided into two schools in the north and south, and in addition to the musical value and improvisational singing value, the literary value of the lyrics is also very high, and a large number of traditional fugue, ratio, and Xing's rhetorical techniques are used. It is a treasure trove for the study of social development history and folk culture of Minxian County. on May 20, 2006, Erlang Mountain flower children will be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list approved by the State Council.