What other folk art remains are there in Zhengzhou?

Zhang (left) and his son Zhang cherish the restored lanterns.

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One of the first batch of "outstanding folk cultural inheritors in Henan Province", The Shadow of the Lights on the Capital of the Song Dynasty, shows the most active and typical living state of the whole folk artist. He integrated modern science and technology into traditional hand-making, giving new vitality to traditional folk craft lanterns. But unfortunately, from the third generation to the sixth generation, there is only one person left, and the unique skills that have been passed down for hundreds of years still face the crisis of inheritance. In the absence of funds, this folk lantern house has preserved its unique skills with the strength of the whole family. Zhang, as the sixth generation descendant of "Lantern Zhang in Song Dynasty", walked out of a road different from other artists in the predicament, from successfully copying the lanterns handed down from the family to expanding the object to the whole ancient lanterns in China.