Life of a small puppet(小木偶xiăo mùŏu) is given by its performer. Being pulled up and down, the small puppet gets its expression and movements. Thereafter the story begins. At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the small Quanzhou string puppets(泉州木偶Quánzhōu mùŏu) have drawn the attention of the whole world. Flying after the fingers of the performers, they have caught the breath of the audience by giving an incredible performance beyond space and time.
Category: Traditional Chinese Festivals
Dadiwan Site in Gansu 甘肃大地湾
Geographical Location: Qin’an County, Gansu ProvincePeriod: 5800-3000 BCExcavated in 1978
Famous Han Tune Erhuang Opera 汉调二黄戏
Han Tune Erhuang Opera(汉调二黄戏Hàndiào èrhuáng xì), also called Shaan Erhuang and Shan Erhuang, is the second important genre of opera in Shaanxi, and enjoys popularity in Ankang, Hanzhong, Shangluo and Xi’an of Shaanxi Province and some areas in Hubei and Gansu. Originating from mountain airs, eclogues and folksongs, it developed its own style with influence of the Shaanxi opera (qinqiang in Chinese) during the early Qing Dynasty, and by absorbing the tunes of Kunqu opera, Chuiqiang and Gaobozi, and using local dialects. At the very beginning, the opera was accompanied by two flutes which used bamboo as huang (reed), hence the name. To be distinguished with Peking Erhuang opera, it was also named Tu Erhuang. There are a great variety of plays in the Han Tune Erhuang Opera, over 1200 in Ankang alone. 420 complete series and 517 highlights have been explored and sorted out. Most of these plays have drawn materials from Romance of the States of Eastern Zhou, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Canonization((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints) of Gods and other folk legends and historical stories.
Bronze Workshops 青铜作坊
Geographical Location: Fufeng County, Shaanxi ProvincePeriod: Western Zhou Dynasty (1100-771BC)
The famous Dragon Dance 舞龙师
The Dragon Dance(舞龙wǔlóng), which originated from ancient China, are traditional folk dance forms and Chinese folk activitie.
The well-known Women's Writing 著名女书法家-江永女书
The Jiangyong Nv Shu(江永女书Jiāngyǒng nǚshū) is the only existing female characters in the world. It is a writing system exclusively used by women in the Jiangxu area of Jiangyong County of about 20,000 people in the south tip of Hunan. Nv Shu characters are rhomboid, with slim and regular strokes that look like ants and mosquitoes. As such, the characters are nicknamed(a nickname is an informal name for someone or something) "long-leg mosquito writing" or "ant writing". The characters are used only by women, so they are called "Nv Shu" (or "Women’s Writing") in academia. It is known to experts and scholars that Jiangyong Nv Shu is an age-old writing system. But there are no historical relics or records about Nv Shu, the time of its origin cannot be traced.
About Site of North Sima Gate 北西马门遗址
Geographical Location: On the top of Mount Jiujun, about 23 km northeast of Liquan County, in Shaanxi Province
About the驱魔舞 Exorcizing Dance
Called "the ghost opera" or "the ghost dance", the exorcizing dance(驱魔舞qūmówǔ) is a kind of dance originated from the ancient exorcizing culture of China. It is honored as "the living fossil of Chinese dance". The exorcizing dance derived from the totem worship of the clan society in ancient times. Originally, it was a dance believed capable of driving away ghosts performed at sacrificial exorcizing rituals. Later, the dance gradually evolved into a festive sacrificial performance normally staged between the first and 16th day of the first month on the lunar calendar. Today, the exorcizing dance is still performed in rural areas in Jinagxi, Guizhou and Yunnan Province.
Twelve Muqam in China 十二穆卡姆
"Muqam"(穆卡姆Mùkǎmǔ), which is a kind of Islamic music(伊斯兰音乐Yīsīlán yīnyuè) that is distributed in 19 nations and regions of Middle Asia, South Asia, North Africa and West Asia. "Muqam Art of Uygur Minority of Xinjiang in China" is the umbrella name of all the Muqam that is popular in the Uygur residence area in Xinjiang. It is represented by "Twelve Muqam", including twelve classical pieces of music such as Lake, Qiebiyate, Muxiawulaike, Qiaerga, Panjiga, Wuzihale, Aiqie, Wuxiake, Bayati, Nawa, Siga, Yilake.
The famous Emperor GeSaer 格萨尔王
The Emperor GeSaer(格萨尔王Gésàěrwáng) is a folk epic work that is popular in the residence area of the ethnic groups such as Zang, Meng, Naxi and so on in the Tibetan Plateau of Chine. It has been sung for a thousand years. By means of oral transmission, the epic narrates the glorious achievements of the hero Emperor GeSaer after he was befell in the world of man. Characterized by long history, magnificent structure and abundant contents, it is the crystallization(if you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone’s mind) of the nomadic(nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time) culture of the grassland.
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