The origin of stilts

As for the origin of stilts, scholars believe that it is related to the totem worship of primitive clans and the fishing life of coastal fishermen.

Stilts are traditional dances in gaizhou city, Dawa County, Tai 'an City, Shandong Province and Qinyang City, Henan Province.

Stilts, also known as "Stilts Yangko", is a kind of folk dance widely spread all over the country, named after stepping on wooden stilts when dancing. Stilts have a long history and originated from a technical performance in ancient Chinese opera. There are stone statues of stilts in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Stilts are usually performed in the form of a dance team, with a dozen to dozens of people; Most dancers play characters in ancient myths or historical stories, and their costumes imitate the costumes of China's traditional dramas. Commonly used roads include fans, handkerchiefs, sticks, knives, guns, etc. There are two forms of expression: stepping on the street and leaving. The departure field includes the "big field" where the dance team dances collectively in various formation patterns, walks and the "small field" where two or three people perform. Many men and women dance with each other, sometimes singing while dancing.

The wooden stilts used in stilts vary in height from 30 cm to 300 cm. From the performance style, it can be divided into "literary stilts" and "martial stilts", literary stilts and plot performance; Wushu stilts emphasize showing off skills.

In 2006, stilts were approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Cultural heritage:

Cultural heritage is the wealth left by history to mankind, which can be divided into material cultural heritage (tangible cultural heritage) and intangible cultural heritage (intangible cultural heritage) from the form of existence. Cultural heritage is a cultural relic with historical, artistic and scientific value; Intangible cultural heritage refers to various traditional cultures that exist in intangible forms, are closely related to people's lives and are passed down from generation to generation.

Tangible cultural heritage is a traditional "cultural heritage". According to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (hereinafter referred to as the World Heritage Convention), it includes historical sites, historical buildings and human cultural sites.

Material and cultural heritage includes immovable cultural relics such as ancient ruins, ancient tombs, ancient buildings, cave temples, stone carvings, murals, important historical sites, representative buildings, and movable cultural relics such as important physical objects, works of art, documents, manuscripts, books and materials in various periods in history; And famous historical and cultural cities (blocks, villages and towns) with outstanding universal value in architectural style, uniform distribution or combination with environmental scenery.

According to the definition of UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, intangible cultural heritage refers to "customs, performances, forms of expression, knowledge and skills and related tools, articles, handicrafts and cultural sites that are regarded as their cultural heritage by various groups, groups and sometimes individuals.