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What are the traditional skills of intangible culture?

Traditional skills of intangible culture: blowing sugar, kneading dough, paper-cutting, Lu embroidery, shadow play.

1, sugar blower

Blowing sugar factory was an industry in old Beijing. In Beijing dialect, it is called "Blowing Sugar", which is a folk art activity in China. Vendors are walking up and down the street with a pole on their shoulders. At one end of the pole is a rectangular cabinet with a shelf. There is a semicircular wooden round cage with an opening under the cabinet. There is a small charcoal stove in it, and the big spoon on the stove contains syrup.

Step 2 knead people

The dough mixer, also known as dough sculpture, is a simple but artistic traditional folk art activity. China's dough sculpture art was recorded in writing as early as the Han Dynasty. It uses flour and glutinous rice flour as the main raw materials, plus pigments, paraffin wax, honey and other ingredients, and makes soft dough of various colors after crack-proof and mildew-proof treatment.

Step 3 cut paper

Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art activity that uses scissors or carving knives to cut out and carve patterns on paper 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.

4. Lu embroidery

Lu embroidery is an ancient art activity. Embroidery produced in Shandong is a representative embroidery in Shandong Province, which is called "Lu" for short, hence the name. It is one of the earliest recorded embroideries in historical documents and belongs to one of the "Eight Famous Embroideries" in China. The embroidery thread used is mostly coarse twisted double-stranded silk thread, commonly known as "garment thread", so it is also called "garment thread embroidery".

5. Shadow play

Shadow play, also known as "shadow play" or "light shadow play", is an artistic activity of making people out of animal skins or cardboard to perform stories. During the performance, the artists manipulated the shadow puppeteers behind the white curtain and told stories with local popular tunes.