What are the endangered art forms in China?

China attaches great importance to intangible cultural heritage. In 2005, General Office of the State Council issued Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China. The document determines that "China's intangible cultural heritage refers to various forms of traditional cultural expressions (such as folk activities, performing arts, traditional knowledge and skills, and related utensils, articles, handicrafts, etc.). ) and the cultural space closely related to people's lives. "

According to this classic expression, intangible cultural heritage can be divided into two categories, namely, cultural expression and cultural space.

Cultural expressions refer to traditional folk literature, folk music, folk dance, folk art and drama, folk art, folk crafts, folk etiquette and other categories and forms.

Cultural space refers to traditional and diverse folk cultural activities, such as temple fairs and song concerts, which are carried out at a fixed time and place according to traditional folk customs.

Shanghai's folk arts include paintings (New Year pictures of primary schools, farmer pictures of Jinshan, Chongming stove, etc.). ) In the past, almost every household in Chongming rural area built stoves to cook and cook. In order to avoid the smoke generated when burning firewood, a rammed wall is usually built at the mouth of the stove, which is called "stove mountain". Skillful craftsmen draw all kinds of paintings with the characteristics of the times on the "hearth mountain"

Sculptures (Jiading bamboo carving, Nanhui Wang Jinguan stone carving, Xuhui Hu Chuan Long Liu Mo stone carving, Fengxian wood carving, Shanghai boxwood carving, Liu Qing bamboo carving, etc. ) technology (He Guang carving art, Wang Zigan paper-cutting, plastic painting, Fengxian origami, Zhuanqiao paper-cutting, etc. ).

Shanghai Wharf Chant is a folk song produced and sung during the wharf labor.

The Shanghai Wharf chant originated from the miserable old China. In the old society, dockers were like slaves, and their lives were not as good as cattle and horses. Faced with their bitter life experience, hard life and heavy labor, they expressed their grievances, including angry complaints and helpless self-mockery. After you passed it on to me, it formed the Shanghai dock number.

Fengxian Lantern originated in the West District of Fengxian District, Shanghai, and has been circulating for more than 700 years. According to the records of Fengxian County, when the Taiping Army arrived in Fengxian County, the people in Fengxian County rejoiced and danced "lantern rolling" to show their welcome to the Taiping Army. There is also a folk legend that Qianlong ascended the throne and the people celebrated with lanterns.

Songjiang dancing grass dragon is said to have originated from a drought in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that Han Xiangzi of the Eight Immortals is from Yexie. In order to solve the drought in his hometown, he called the East China Sea "Qinglong", and the long-term drought crops on both sides of Yexie Yantie Pond were overjoyed by the heavy rain. In order to repay Han Xiangzi's kindness of "playing the flute to call the dragon", Ye Xie people renamed the Yantie Pool "Longquan Port" (790 of Tang Zhenyuan), which has been in use ever since.

Pudong storytelling is a kind of folk art rooted in Pudong, also known as "talking about cause and effect", "clam book", "peasant book" and "Shanghai book", which is the second largest genre after "burlesque".