What are the world’s intangible cultural heritages in China?

The world's intangible cultural heritage in China includes: shadow puppetry, Chinese paper-cutting, abacus, solar terms, Chinese calligraphy, etc.

1. Shadow puppet show Shadow puppet show is an ancient traditional folk art in China, and is called "donkey shadow puppet show" by old Beijingers.

Originally known as "shadow play" or "lantern play", it is a kind of folk drama in which silhouettes of characters made of animal skin or cardboard are illuminated with light sources such as candles or spirits to perform stories.

During the performance, the artists manipulate opera characters behind a white curtain and sing stories (sometimes in dialect) with popular local tunes, percussion and string accompaniment, giving it a strong local flavor.

2. Chinese paper-cutting Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art that uses scissors or a knife to cut and carve patterns on paper to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities.

In our country, paper-cutting has a broad mass base, is integrated into the social life of people of all ethnic groups, and is an important part of various folk activities.

Its continuous visual image and modeling form contain rich cultural and historical information, expressing the public's social cognition, moral concepts, practical experience, life ideals and aesthetic tastes.

3. Abacus Abacus is a numerical calculation method using abacus as a tool. It is called the fifth invention of China.

The abacus is a simple calculation tool invented and created by the working people of ancient China.

The word "abacus" was first seen in "Shu Ji Yi" written by Xu Yue in the Han Dynasty.

As the saying goes, "Abacus controls the four seasons, and the three talents are longitude and latitude."

4. Solar terms The twenty-four solar terms are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation and embody the essence of Chinese civilization.

"Twenty-four solar terms" and "Twelve months of architecture" are the basic contents of the Ganzhi calendar established in ancient times (or ancient times).

According to ancient records, the emperor's family began to make cadres and branches to determine age.

The "twenty-four solar terms" refer to specific seasons, phenology, climate changes and the "Twelve months of architecture" established in the calendar.

5. Chinese calligraphy Calligraphy is an ancient art of writing Chinese characters.

From oracle bone inscriptions, stone drum inscriptions, bronze inscriptions (Zhongding inscriptions) to large seal script, small seal script, and official script, to the cursive script, regular script, and running script finalized in the Eastern Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties, calligraphy has always exuded artistic charm.

Chinese calligraphy is a very unique visual art, and Chinese characters are an important factor in Chinese calligraphy, because Chinese calligraphy was produced and developed in Chinese culture, and Chinese characters are one of the basic elements of Chinese culture.