Fun and interesting inventory of Shanxi's top ten folk customs

The accumulation of 5,000-year civilization of the Chinese nation and the multi-ethnic glory of 56 ethnic groups in China have created numerous traditional folk customs, such as exquisite paper-cuts, loud folk songs, beautiful operas and beautiful yangko, which have been handed down from ancient China to the present and have a long history. Then let Shanxi culture introduce you to one of the top ten folk customs in Shanxi selected by netizens.

paper cutting

Folk paper-cutting is a very common mass art in Shanxi. Paper-cutting is such a folk art form rooted in the people and closely related to people's lives, which adds color and joy to thousands of families. From generation to generation, a set of relatively complete and mature procedures in aesthetic significance and artistic expression has gradually formed over the years.

civil society

Shanxi folk social fire is a traditional folk self-entertainment activity during the Lunar New Year, which has a long history and originated from ancient people's worship of land and fire. Society, land god; Fire is the ancestor of fire and the legendary Vulcan. As a result, the custom of offering sacrifices to social fires has emerged among the people and has been handed down year after year.

Power and prestige gongs and drums

Magnificent gongs and drums are an ancient traditional folk art form, which began in the Yao and Shun era and has a history of more than 4,000 years. Magnificent gongs and drums are simple and elegant, pure and healthy, and contain strong artistic charm and appeal. They are the classics of China drum music, which have aesthetic characteristics in form, sound, music and performance. In the historical development, it absorbed the essence of drum music art in different times and finally developed into the "No.1 drum in the world" we see today, which is magnificent, impassioned and bold.

folk song

China's folk songs have a long tradition. In primitive society, our ancestors began to sing in hunting, carrying, offering sacrifices, entertaining gods, offering sacrifices, courtship and other activities. Tang Style and Feng Wei in The Book of Songs, the earliest collection of poems in China, are mostly ancient folk songs produced in Shaanxi.

Chinese opera

Shanxi is the cradle of China opera. Three of the four masters of Yuan Qu were from Shaanxi: Guan Hanqing, author of Dou Eyuan, Zheng Guangzu, author of Ghost Story, and Bai Pu, author of The Great Wall. Up to now, there are still competitions and operas in Shanxi, as well as in ancestral temples, in order to avoid disasters and diseases and have children in their later years. Sing "Wish" drama.

Kang waihua

Kangwai painting, also known as wall painting and wall painting, is popular in northern China. As a regional plastic art form in Shanxi local culture, it is a synthesis of murals, architectural paintings and New Year pictures. Luliang region, southeastern Shanxi region, Jinzhong region, Xinzhou region and Yanbei region are all distributed, among which the paintings around Yuanping and Daixiankang are the most famous. Kangwai painting has a long history, colorful and far-reaching influence. In 2008, it was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list in China.

embroidery

In ancient times, it was called needle embroidery, which was a process of embroidering the designed patterns on textiles with embroidery needles to form patterns with embroidery marks. It was called "haze" and "needle haze" in ancient times. Because embroidery is mostly made by women, it is an important part of needlework. Embroidery is one of the ancient handcraft skills in China, and the handcraft embroidery technology in China has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to the Book of History, as early as 4,000 years ago, the system of chapter clothes stipulated that "clothes should be embroidered".

Pingyang woodblock new year pictures

Pingyang woodblock New Year pictures are traditional folk crafts in Shanxi Province. Pingyang House (now Linfen City), which originated from Hedong Road in ancient Shanxi Province, was widely circulated during the Song, Jin and Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, since Bi Sheng invented movable type typesetting printing, the engraving printing industry in China was unprecedentedly prosperous. After the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin people developed the printing industry in this area on the basis of block printing in Pingyang, the capital of song dynasty. Pingyang became the center of block printing in Jin Dynasty.

Dough modeling

Shanxi folk dough figurines originated in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and China festival customs were formed in the Han Dynasty, which is the accumulation of human understanding and conquest of nature. The Spring Festival is a key festival for people to know the phenological calendar, so the sacrificial activities in the Spring Festival are particularly grand. Exquisite dough sculptures emerged with people's psychological needs and became an important manifestation of festivals.

Qitai yangge

Qitai Yangko is a folk opera art in Qixian County, Taigu County and surrounding counties and cities in Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province. It belongs to the comprehensive art of folk songs, sketches, songs and dances and operas in Jinzhong Basin. It takes rural life stories, folk customs, hearsay and soft things as the theme, and truly reflects people's lives with beautiful tunes and performance forms. Therefore, it is loved by the people.