Folk culture in Huangdao area

The traditional folk art in Huangdao District is rich and colorful, and the dragon lantern, lion dance, dry boat, stilts, donkey running, waist drum, yangko and big-headed doll have a long history and have been passed down to this day. Qiang Mao, Liu Qiang and Peking Opera are still very popular. Suona, erhu, flute, gongs and drums and sheng instrumental music are still playing. Storytelling, drum lyrics, Allegro and folk songs are also sung from time to time.

The folk paper-cutting activities in Huangdao District have a history of more than 300 years, with Xin 'an Town as the center and covering 4 towns in the whole region. Huangdao paper-cut is a typical representative of northern paper-cut art, which has the characteristics of rough and bold, concise and beautiful, and well-proportioned composition. It uses scissors as a tool and adopts two kinds of granulation methods: yin and yang. The male lines are neat and meticulous, while the female lines are rigid, rough and concise. Paper-cut composition is bright and light, full of life and lifelike. Huangdao folk paper-cut has participated in many art exhibitions in Shandong and Qingdao, and won many awards. In terms of participating in international cultural exchanges, it has also been highly praised by international friends.