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The Stilt

Also known as "Crutch", Stilt(高跷珩gāoqiāoháng) is a form of folk performing art in China. It is performed by a dancer walking on wooden stilts and is a folk art which perfectly combines laboring with music and dance. It is also known as "Upward Viewing Drama" because the audience need to raise their head to view the performance.

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About Gong-drum Drama

The Gong-drum Drama(锣鼓戏剧luógǔ xìjù) is an age-old local recitative drama prevalent in Linyi, Wanrong and Hejin Counties in Shanxi Province. It is famous for singing without the accompaniment of stringed instruments, but merely gongs and drums. Gong-drum Drama is also known as "Longyan Drama" due to the custom that it is performed to requite deities in the first lunar month in Longyan Temple located in Linyi.

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Ancient Songs of the Miao Minority in China

The Ancient Songs of the Miao Minority(苗族古代民歌Miáozú gǔdài mín’gē) is the myth of poetic style that takes creation as its main contents. It is popular in the residence area of Miao, an ethnic group of China. The folk oral literary work is an epic created by the ancestors of the Miao people in their long time of work and production.

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Peiligang Site in Henan

Geographical Location: Xinzheng, Henan Province Period: 5,500-4,900 BC Excavated in 1977 Significance: Peiligang Culture is named after the Peiligang Site. The site has provided an important clue for the study of the development of the early Neolithic cultures in the Central Plains, as well as their relationships with the Yangshao Culture of the Central Plains.

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