What are the cultural heritages of Suzhou

Suzhou's cultural heritage include: Kunqu, Suzhou embroidery, Song brocade weaving techniques, guqin art, and Su opera.

1. Kunqu

Kunqu, also known as Kun Opera, Kun Chuang, and Kunshan Chuang, is a treasure of traditional Chinese culture and art. Kunqu is one of the oldest extant Chinese operas. The singing of Kunqu is highly artistic and has had a great influence on all modern Chinese theater plays, such as Sichuan Opera and Peking Opera.

Kunqu performances include singing, reciting, acting, playing and dancing, which are also the basic subjects for training Peking Opera actors. The kunqu style and its dramatic structure (the roles of dan, chou, sheng, etc.) have also been borrowed by other styles of theater. In 2001, Kunqu was recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

2. Suzhou Embroidery

Suzhou embroidery is one of China's outstanding national traditional crafts, and it is the general name for embroidery products in Suzhou, which originated in the Wu County area of Suzhou, and has now spread to Wuxi, Changzhou and other places. Embroidery and sericulture, reeling silk inseparable, so embroidery, also known as silk embroidery.

The Qing Dynasty established "Suzhou Embroidery, Hunan Embroidery, Cantonese Embroidery and Shu Embroidery" as the four famous embroideries in China. Suzhou embroidery has a beautiful pattern, clever ideas, embroidery, meticulous, lively needlework, color and elegant unique style, strong local characteristics. 2006 May 20, Suzhou embroidery by the State Council approved the inclusion of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

3, Song brocade weaving techniques

Song brocade, the development of brocade for the Song Dynasty, because the main place of origin in Suzhou, so it is called "Suzhou Song brocade", Suzhou is China's famous silk city, for the town of embroidery, the land of silk. Suzhou Song brocade, gorgeous color, exquisite pattern, texture, it and Nanjing brocade, Sichuan Shu brocade together, known as China's three famous brocade.

Song brocade woven after the Ming and Qing dynasties is called "antique Song brocade" or "Song style brocade", collectively referred to as "Song brocade". Song brocade weaving is one of the traditional handicrafts of Suzhou, China, and belongs to the national intangible cultural heritage.

Song brocade produced in Suzhou is characterized by fine weaving and elegant art, with the traditional style and characteristics since the Song Dynasty, which is distinctly different from the glossy gold brocade and makeup satin popular in the Yuan and Ming dynasties.

On May 20, 2006, the Song brocade weaving technique was approved by the State Council to be included in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.

4, the art of the guqin

The art of the guqin absorbs a large number of elegant and melodious tunes, and its playing techniques are complex and subtle, and it has a unique method of notation, and a large number of music scores have been passed down orally by the people. The guqin has seven strings and thirteen emblems, and through ten different ways of plucking the strings, the player can play four octaves. The guqin is one of the most representative of Chinese solo instruments.

The art of the guqin is embodied in the art form of solo performance on a flat-stringed instrument, as well as in the singing and playing of guqin songs and guqin and xiao ensembles.

Guqin art was approved by the State Council on May 20, 2006 to be included in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.

5, Su Opera

Su Opera is a local opera genre that was created by merging the flower drums and reeds with the southern lyrics and the Kunqu Opera, and is popular in the cities and towns of Jiangsu Province, south of Jiangsu Province and north of Zhejiang Province. Its predecessor, Su Tang, was originally known as Nanxue, commonly known as "playing the hilltop", is a traditional form of opera sitting around and singing.

The source of Su Opera's music and singing is mainly three parts: one is the Kunqu Opera, the other is the Nanyu, and the third is the Tangling tunes. Because of the influence of Kunqu, the music style of Su Opera is gentle, delicate and touching, with a strong flavor of Jiangnan.

Su Opera was approved by the State Council on May 20, 2006 to be included in the list of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages.