What folk cultures are there in China?

1. Couplets, one of the traditional cultures in China, also called couplets or couplets, are antithetical sentences written on paper, cloth or carved on bamboo, wood and columns. The antithesis of couplets is neat and even, which is a unique artistic form of Chinese language. Couplets are the treasures of China traditional culture.

2. The riddle is also called Hu Wen. Solving riddles on lanterns is also called playing tiger, playing wall lamp, changing lamp, shooting, solving and disassembling, but people are used to using the word "riddle". Lantern riddles are the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people in China and the comprehensive art of China traditional culture.

As early as the Xia Dynasty, there was a ballad that used hints to describe something. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this kind of ballad developed into "thin words" (also known as "argot"). At that time, due to the constant disputes among countries, many tourists often used "code words" to express their opinions when giving advice, which inspired the king.

3. Mazu belief and custom

Mazu belief custom is also called mother belief custom, queen belief custom, Tian Fei belief custom, queen belief custom, Notre Dame de Paradise belief custom and Meizhou belief custom. It is based on the spirit of worshipping and praising Mazu's virtue, kindness and benevolence.

The traditional folk culture in China takes Mazu Palace Temple as the main activity place, and takes temple fairs, customs and legends as the forms of expression. Mazu's custom belief consists of three series: sacrificial ceremony, folk custom and stories and legends. Meizhou is the seat of Mazu Tempel. ?

4. Chinese paper cutting

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art of cutting and carving patterns on paper with scissors or carving knives, which is used to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. In China, paper-cutting has a broad mass base and is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important part of various folk activities.

It inherits the continuous visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, expresses the social identity, moral concept, practical experience, life ideal and aesthetic taste of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication.

5, sugar man

Being a sugar man is a traditional handicraft skill in China. Producers choose a burden, one is a heating stove, and the other is sugar and tools. Sugar is made by heating sucrose and maltose. Its natural color is brownish yellow, and some of it is made into red or green by adding pigment or pigment. The control of temperature is the key. If it is overheated, it will be too thin and easy to deform, and if it is cold, it will be too hard to form.

The tools used are very simple, mostly spoon-shaped and shovel-shaped. This sugar man is made of boiled sucrose or maltose into various shapes, including figures, animals, flowers and plants. It is said that there were sugar people in the Song Dynasty, mostly with plane shapes. Just like today's Tang Hua, it is called playing with sugar, and later it is called thick sugar gourd, blowing sugar mapo, swinging thick sugar, sugar suitable for mother, sugar official, sugar pagoda, sugar turtle and so on.

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