What are the customs in Shaanxi?

1. Waist drum is a popular form of folk encouragement in northern Shaanxi, especially in Ansai County in Yan 'an, Hengshan, Mizhi and Yulin in Yulin, and it is one of the most influential folk dances in Shaanxi.

Ansai waist drum is a representative type of waist drum in northern Shaanxi, which is often performed at major festivals, celebrations and temple fairs. In 2006, "Ansai Waist Drum" was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

2. Shaanxi folk songs are divided into northern Shaanxi folk songs, southern Shaanxi folk songs and Guanzhong folk songs according to regional and artistic characteristics. There are many kinds of folk songs in northern Shaanxi, commonly known as "folk songs" or "sour songs" locally, including more than 20 kinds of Xintianyou, minor, labor songs, Yulin ditty and Shaanxi divertimento, among which Xintianyou is the most distinctive and widely circulated.

Folk songs in southern Shaanxi are rich in content and diverse in forms. Ziyang folk songs are the most representative folk songs in southern Shaanxi, and the representative tracks are Lang Dui Men Singing Folk Songs and Nanshan Bamboo. Guanzhong folk songs have tunes such as boatman's chant, tamping chant and carrying chant.

3. Shaanxi Shadow Play originated before the Han Dynasty, originated in hua county and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. Also known as "shadow play" and "shadow play", it spread among the people and preserved the historical traces of folk storytelling. It is the predecessor of various operas in modern Shaanxi.

There are dozens of kinds of aria, among which five major tunes, namely, Laoqiang, Wan Wan, Aguan, Xianban and Shaanxi, are more common, supplemented by various Taoist feelings in northern Shaanxi, southern Shaanxi and Guanzhong. The traditional plays of shadow play include Visiting the West Lake, What's the Trouble with the Sea, Gu Chenghui and Getting Married.