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What did the children learn from the dance of intangible cultural heritage?

Learned excellent traditional culture.

Kirin dance, also known as "Wu Qilin", is a court dance performance in China in the Ming Dynasty, which was circulated among the people when the Southern Ming Dynasty perished. When dancing, one person dances Kirin's head and one person dances Kirin's tail, and the two people cooperate tacitly, showing the legendary Kirin's dynamic and static expressions such as joy, anger, sadness, joy, surprise, doubt, drunkenness and sleep to the fullest. On holidays, people dance with Kirin to express their good wishes for good luck, good weather, peace and prosperity.

Kirin dance combines music, dance, arts and crafts and acrobatics, which has both aesthetic appreciation value and literary, religious, folk and historical research value. It is a precious property left by ancestors to Chinese descendants. "Kirin Dance" is the earliest animal dance in China. It is a rare totem dance of the Chinese nation, which originated before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has precious research value in the history of national dance. Like dragon dance, it bears the spirit, belief, value orientation and aesthetic taste of the Chinese nation, and has special significance in the study of ethnology, folklore and religion.

The image of Kirin has a history of 2500 years. It was originally a totem, a belief. Later, it developed into philosophical significance and entered the field of literature. Finally, it went to plastic arts and performing arts, and became the materials for artistic creation such as ceramics, New Year pictures, paper-cutting, clay sculpture, embroidery, jade ornaments, architecture and sculpture. With the development of Kirin culture, it is more prominently manifested as Kirin dance. It combines music, dance, arts and crafts and acrobatics, which has both aesthetic appreciation value and literary, religious, folk-custom and historical research value. It is a precious property left by ancestors to Chinese descendants.