What are the specialties of Xiamen culture?

1, Minnan nursery rhymes

Minnan nursery rhymes are children's songs composed and sung in Minnan dialect, which are popular in Minnan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia where overseas Chinese live. Nursery rhymes are an important part of Minnan songs, which are the crystallization of the collective creative wisdom of the people. It was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

2, Haicang Centipede Pavilion

Haicang Centipede Pavilion is a traditional folklore activity in Xiamen, Fujian Province. It is closely related to the cultural practices of the Bao Sheng Da Di in Fujian and Taiwan. Legend has it that Wu Zhenren, the Bao Sheng Emperor, practiced medicine and relief for the people all his life, mostly using centipedes as the guide for medicine, and the descendants, in order to express their admiration for his noble character of helping the world and the people, spontaneously formed the Centipede Pavilion to worship this folk custom.

3, Mintai send the king boat

Mintai send the king boat is an ancient traditional folk activities in Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It can be traced back to the early Ming Dynasty. Xiamen "send the king ship" to Tongan Xike Town Lu Chu Village, Haicang Zhongshan Village, Huli Zhongzhai Village, three places in the larger scale; in the Haicang to the size of the largest size of Shitang. The custom is generally held once every 3 to 4 years.

4, Gezai Opera

Gezai Opera, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, Xiamen City, local traditional drama, one of the national intangible cultural heritage. Gezai Opera is based on the Minnan songboy, absorbing Liyuan Opera, Beiguan Opera, Gaojia Opera, Teochew Opera, Peking Opera and other operas, the formation of the Minnan dialect opera plays. in the early twentieth century, Gezai Opera in Taiwan, soon spread to Xiamen, and quickly spread to the Minnan region and Southeast Asia, where the overseas Chinese reside.

5, Gaojia Opera

Gaojia Opera, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, local traditional drama, one of the national intangible cultural heritage. Gaojia Opera, also known as "Gaojia Opera", "Jiujiao Opera", "Daban" and "Tu Ban", originated in Quanzhou, Fujian Province. Quanzhou, originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in the rural areas of southern Fujian Province, a popular dress up Liangshan heroes, performing martial arts technology of the masquerade.

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