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Wanrong jokes belong to which level of intangible cultural heritage

Wanrong jokes are national intangible cultural heritage.

This traditional oral literature performing art originated in the field is now a national intangible cultural heritage. Under the integration of traditional culture and modern performance forms, Wanrong jokes have come out of the new mode of "talking, learning and singing", and continue to inherit the essence of its "stubbornness, stubbornness to the end, and amusing you to death".

As a national intangible cultural heritage, Wanrong jokes now have two inheritors, 82-year-old Jiefang and 72-year-old Wang Keqin. Liberation of the elderly mainly do research in literature and history, engaged in decades of related cultural organizing work, is a living dictionary of Wanrong jokes.

Over the years, he has been tracking down and tracing the origins of Wanrong jokes and presenting the ins and outs of this intangible cultural heritage to the public. Wang Keqin, on the other hand, focuses on performance, making every paragraph easy to read, interpreting oral literature to the fullest, and teaching classes to pass on this cultural heritage.

History of Wanrong jokes

Wanrong jokes, originally called "Wanrong Earnings," are based on the spirit of stubbornness and obstinacy, and are mostly about self-deprecation. Since the 1980s, the people of Wanrong inherited "Wanrong earn" based on the model, to enhance the realm of jokes, to create a lot of humor, the formation of the current Wanrong jokes.

Why are jokes produced in Wanrong? There are many different opinions. Some people say that in the past, the society was dark, and the people of Wanrong were critical of the current situation, which led to the creation of verbal satire; others say that Wanrong is a commercial area in the farming area, and the people of Wanrong are significantly different from the surrounding people, and are labeled as unique.

There are also those who say that Zhang Yi, a strategist during the Warring States period, was a native of Wanrong, and that his character traits influenced the locals; and there are even those who study that this is because of the distinctive chemical composition of the soil in Wanrong.