What is the folk art in Shanxi?

1, paper cutting

Shanxi paper-cut is one of the oldest traditional folk arts. As a hollow art, it gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. Its carrier can be paper, gold foil, silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather and other sheet materials. Paper-cutting is a very common mass art in Shanxi, which adds color and joy to thousands of families for the people. People have been handed down from generation to generation, and over the years, they have gradually formed a set of relatively complete and mature customs in aesthetic significance and artistic expression.

2. Folk social fire

Shanxi folk social fire is a popular folk entertainment activity in Shanxi during the Spring Festival. On May 20th, 2006, Shanxi Shehuo was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Social fire is a folk self-entertainment activity during the traditional New Year-Spring Festival, which has a long history and originated from the worship of land and fire in ancient times. Society, land god; Fire is the ancestor of fire and the legendary Vulcan. As a result, the custom of offering sacrifices to social fires has emerged among the people and has been handed down year after year.

3, prestige gongs and drums

Shanxi prestige gongs and drums originated in the Yao and Shun era. Weifeng gongs and drums are traditional folk percussion music popular in Linfen, Shanxi Province, and were selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list for the first time. Because of its magnificent performance, it is called "magnificent gongs and drums". Every Chinese New Year holiday, happy harvest, assembly and procession will appear in the folk. ?

4. Folk songs

Shanxi folk songs are one of the very old traditional folk arts. Mainly singing historical figures or historical legends. Legend has it that it was Yao Tianshun's time. Shanxi folk songs have their own unique artistic style and distinctive local characteristics.

5. Opera

Shanxi local opera art has a long history and a wide variety, which occupies an important position in China opera stage. Pu Opera, Jin Opera, Hokuriku Bangzi and Shangdang Bangzi are the four pillars of Shanxi local opera, which are collectively called the Four Bangzi. The four great bangzi have the same root and different branches, and come down in one continuous line, which is the authenticity of bangzi cavity. It accumulates and shows the historical and cultural value of local opera art, and also reflects local folk customs.