Foshan intangible cultural heritage are?

China's folk culture has a very large number of cultural heritage, some because of the "heritage" success has been better protected, but some are gradually on the verge of extinction. In Foshan, intangible cultural heritage is also very rich in dance, opera, handicrafts, fine arts and other aspects of the very good cultural connotation, on behalf of the culture of Foshan, it is worthwhile to protect and pass on to future generations. Here we come to understand a few Foshan national intangible cultural heritage.

Lion dance (folk dance) Guangdong lion dance originated in Foshan Nanhai. According to legend, in the early Ming Dynasty, people used bamboo gabions to tie lions and dance lions to drive away the one-horned beasts that endangered the people, which was regarded as a lucky charm to drive away evil spirits and avoid harm. Whenever there are festivals, temple fairs and other activities, there must be a lion dance, which has been flourishing. Waking lion using "light color tie as" technology, lion face to anthropomorphic decorations, there are Guan Gong face (red face white beard), Zhang Fei face (black face black beard), Liu Bei face (yellow face white beard) and other shapes; the lion body is four feet wide, long more than ten feet, sewn with a variety of patterns of the "lion was". Wake up the lion integration of martial arts, dance, acrobatics is equal to one, mostly to the South Fist horse stance, the lion has to open the eyes, wash the beard, lick the body, shake the hair and other actions. There are mainly Caiqing, high drinking water, lion spit ball, step on the plum blossom pile and other routines, which Caiqing for the essence of the lion dance.

Cantonese opera (traditional theater) was once known as "Guangdong Bang Huang", also known as Guangdong opera, Canton opera, etc., sung in the Guangzhou dialect. To bang, yellow as the main singing voice, while retaining the Kun, Eagle and other theater part of the song, as well as Nanyin, Cantonese Acura, wooden fish, dragon boat rap, board eye and other Guangdong folk rap tunes, and folk songs, music, period tunes, ditties and other folk tunes. Chinese and Western musical instruments are used for accompaniment. In terms of performance, stage art, lighting and scenery, it absorbs the strengths of drama, opera and movie. There are ten major roles, namely, the end, the purity, the student, the dancer, the clown, the outsider, the small, the sticker, the husband, and the miscellaneous roles, which were streamlined in the period of the "Provincial and Hong Kong Taipan" into the "six-pillar system" of the civil and martial arts student, the small student, the positively printed flower dancer, the second gang flower dancer, the clown student, and the martial arts student. The traditional repertoire consisted of 5,000 to 6,000 repertoires. Now the Provincial Cantonese Opera School and the Cantonese Opera Museum are located in Foshan.

The Dragon Boat Rap (opera) was first created in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty by the ragtag sons of Longjiang Township in Shunde. The wandering singer carries a carved wooden dragon on his shoulder and hangs a small gong and drum in his left hand while chanting and banging, which is very rhythmic. "Singing Dragon Boat" is an authentic "grassroots art", and people will invite "Dragon Boat Gong" to sing songs to cheer up the festivals, marriages and housewarming, etc. This form of rap was widely spread. This form of rap was widely circulated in the Pearl River Delta townships, the content of the classical folk tales and legends widely circulated, with folklore, classical literature, folklore value and the unique flavor of the Guangzhou dialect area folk music. Now Shunde Xingtan will be "singing dragon boat" of the old artists only four people, most of them will only sing a small part of the repertoire.

Foshan woodblock prints (art) was created in the Ming Yongle years, flourished in the Qing Qianjia period. The use of engraving, color printing (part of the hand processed again). There are three kinds of original paintings, woodblock prints, work prints brushwork. The colors used are mainly red, red (Dan), yellow and green. "Fill Dan" (as the base color) is its characteristic, known as "perpetual red", can withstand sun and rain and keep the color bright. There are door gods, New Year's paintings and idol paintings, with door gods being the main ones. With a full composition, exaggerated shape, strong colors, lines, simple and thick, rough and simple knot, very rich decorative unique style.

Foshan paper-cutting (art) began in the Ming Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty during the reign of Guangxu. With cutting, carving, chiseling and other techniques, mainly carving. There are three major categories of pure color, lining color, writing color. According to the raw materials and methods of production, there are copper lining, paper lining, copper writing, silver writing, woodcut overprinting, copper chiseling, pure color and other categories. Both delicate and elegant, but also thick and strong expression. Existing more than 1,000 varieties of colors.

Shiwan ceramic molding techniques (traditional handicrafts) Shiwan ceramic molding is a famous Lingnan arts and crafts, "Shiwan tile, A world" reputation. There are two major types of plain tire and glaze. It adopts the techniques of turning, surrounding clay, boarding, rolling, printing and grouting. Sculpture modeling methods include sticking, pinching, pressing and knifing. Traditional works include figures, animals, landscape bonsai and practical art vessels, mainly based on Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and historical figures of ceramic figures, commonly known as "Shiwan dolls". Shiwan Nanfeng Guzao was built in the Ming Dynasty during the Zhengde period (1506-1521), and the kiln fire has not ceased.