Selected time: 21.
reason for being elected: Kunqu Opera, which originated in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province and has a history of more than 6 years, is called "the father and teacher of hundreds of operas", and many local operas have been nurtured and nourished by Kunqu Opera in many aspects.
Shadow Play
Selected time: 211.
reason for being elected: Chinese shadow play is a dramatic form in which colorful shadow puppets are made of leather or paper, and stories are performed with music and singing. Shadow puppeteers manipulate shadow puppets with wooden poles behind the scenes, and create dynamic images by shining light on translucent curtains. Shadow puppeteers have many stunts, such as improvisation, falsetto playing, one person manipulating several puppets at the same time, and being able to play many different musical instruments. Related shadow play skills are passed down through families, troupes or apprentices.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture
Selected time: 21.
Reason for being elected: Acupuncture originated in China, which is an important part of Chinese medicine and a representative of China's excellent national culture. The successful application of this project is the recognition of China's traditional medical culture. Acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine is the embodiment of the wisdom and creativity of the Chinese nation. Its complete knowledge system and stable practical effect have been recognized worldwide, which plays an important role in protecting the life and health of related groups and has become an important cultural identity symbol of its holders.
Cantonese Opera
Selected time: 29.
Reason for being elected: Cantonese opera is a drama style sung in Cantonese with a history of more than 3 years. Cantonese opera has absorbed a variety of musical and dramatic elements, perfectly combined Bangzi, Erhuang tune and Cantonese dialect, creatively expanded the artistic expression of China opera, and became a master of the northern and southern opera art in China, which is different from other operas in China.
China traditional mulberry silk weaving skills
Selected time: 29.
Reason for election: Sericulture is a great invention of China and a cultural symbol of Chinese national identity. This heritage includes the whole process of mulberry planting, sericulture, silk reeling, dyeing and silk weaving, all kinds of ingenious tools and looms used in the process, and the colorful silk products such as silk, gauze, brocade and silk reeling produced from it, as well as related folk activities derived from this process.
Peking Opera
Selected time: 21.
reason for being elected: Beijing Opera is characterized by stylized and symbolic virtual performances, and pays attention to the comprehensive application of hands, eyes, body, methods and steps, which expresses the drama aesthetic ideal of traditional China society and retains the widely recognized elements of its own cultural heritage.
China Korean Agricultural Music Dance
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: China Korean agricultural music dance is a folk performing art that integrates performance, singing and dancing, reflecting the traditional farming production and life, offering sacrifices and praying for blessings and celebrating the harvest. Dance has the characteristics of ecology, simplicity, roughness and harmony. The scene is warm and unrestrained, with distinctive national characteristics. Agricultural music dance has been integrated into the blood of Korean people in China, and it has become an artistic treasure in social and cultural life, reflecting the diversity of world culture and human creativity.
Traditional making skills of Xuan paper
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: papermaking is one of the four great inventions in ancient China. Xuan paper is an outstanding representative of traditional handmade paper, which has the characteristics of soft texture, no decay and so on. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been the best carrier of calligraphy, painting and printing of ancient books, and it still cannot be replaced by machine-made paper.
abacus calculation
Selected time: 213.
reason for being elected: abacus is a method of digital calculation with abacus as a tool, and it is known as the fifth invention in China, which has been accompanied by China people for more than 1,8 years. It is known as "the oldest computer in the world" with its simple calculation tools and unique mathematical connotation. With the development of computer technology, the calculation function of abacus is gradually weakened, but the ancient abacus still has tenacious vitality.
Tibetan Opera
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: Tibetan opera is a Tibetan drama with masks and songs and dances, which was formed in the 14th century and spread on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The repertoire is eight traditional Tibetan operas, most of which are myths and legends in Buddhist scriptures to persuade the good and punish the evil. Tibetan opera originally spread among the people, and was taught by artists to perform in squares or temples. Later, a professional troupe was established and a stage performance form appeared. Tibetan opera carries the blood of Tibetan culture, reflects the life outlook and thoughts and feelings of Tibetan people, and is an important part of their cultural life.
Xi' an Drum Music
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: drum music in Xi' an is a kind of drum music that spreads in Xi' an and its surrounding areas. Band organization is divided into percussion instruments and melody instruments, and the playing forms are divided into sitting music and playing music. Up to now, the writing method of folk character spectrum in Tang and Song dynasties has been used.
Regong Art
Selected time: 29.
Reason for being elected: Regong art mainly refers to Buddhist plastic arts such as Thangka, mural painting, pile embroidery and sculpture, and is an important art school of Tibetan Buddhism. The art of regong, which originated in the 13th century, is mainly composed of Buddhist stories, historical figures, myths and legends. It carries the historical development of Regong culture and is an important part of the production and life of the general public in the relevant communities.
Guqin Art
Selected time: 23.
Reason for being elected: Guqin is the earliest stringed instrument, the oldest and purest Chinese native instrument, with profound national cultural color, ranking first in "Qinqi Calligraphy and Painting".
nanyin
was selected in 29.
reason for being elected: Nanyin is a performing art that combines singing and playing, and it is one of the oldest existing music types in China. Nanyin is sung in Quanzhou dialect, mainly with pipa, flute, erhan, sanxian, clapper and other musical instruments, and the music is written with five Chinese characters of "six thoughts and one thought". There are more than 3, existing ancient music scores, and different categories of tracks from Jin Dynasty to Qing Dynasty have been preserved.
China Calligraphy
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: China's calligraphy is an artistic practice that uses pen, ink and paper as the main tools and materials, writes in Chinese characters, completes the practical function of information exchange, and integrates people's thinking about nature, society and life with unique modeling symbols and pen and ink rhythm, thus showing China people's unique way of thinking, personality spirit and temperament interest.
Humai
Selected time: 29.
Reason for being elected: Humai is a magical singing art created by Mongolians: a singer sings two voices at the same time with his own vocal organs. It is unique among the folk songs of all ethnic groups in China.
Mazu believes in customs
Selected time: 29.
Reason for election: Mazu is the most influential patron saint of navigation in China. In 987 AD, Mazu in Meizhou Island, Putian City, Fujian Province was dedicated to saving the shipwreck, and was worshipped by the people of the island and became a sea god. With the development of maritime industry and the expansion of Mazu's influence, the imperial courts of past dynasties named Mazu as Tian Fei, Tianhou and the Virgin of Heaven.
China seal cutting
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: China seal cutting is a unique engraving art with stone as the main material, carving knife as the tool, and Chinese characters as the representation, which is developed from the ancient seal making technique in China. It has a history of more than 3, years.
Longquan celadon traditional firing technique
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: Longquan celadon traditional firing technique is a traditional handicraft with production, skill and artistry. It has a history of more than 17 years.
China traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures, China is a building construction technology system with wood as the main building material, tenon and mortise as the main combination method of wood components, and modular system as the scale design and processing production means. Construction skills are passed down from generation to generation by words and deeds between teachers and apprentices.
Chinese paper-cutting
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: Chinese paper-cutting is a folk art that cuts and engraves patterns on paper with scissors or a carving knife to decorate life or cooperate with other folk activities. It inherits the continuous visual image and modeling format, contains rich cultural and historical information, and expresses the social awareness, moral concepts, practical experience, life ideals and aesthetic interests of the general public, and has multiple social values such as cognition, education, expression, lyricism, entertainment and communication.
Dragon Boat Festival
Selected time: 29.
Reason for being elected: Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival in China, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and has a history of more than 2,5 years. A variety of folk activities, such as offering sacrifices, entertainment, health care and so on, are derived from the seasonal custom of expelling poison and evil spirits, mainly including offering sacrifices to Qu Yuan, commemorating Wu Zixu, inserting mugwort, hanging calamus, drinking realgar wine, eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, removing five poisons and so on. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival with unique national spirit and rich cultural connotation, which has a great influence on China folk life.
Gesar
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: Gesar is a grand narrative epic about the sacred achievements of Gesar, an ancient Tibetan hero. It tells the heroic story that King Gelsall devoted himself to the lower world to save the living beings, led the people of Lingguo to subdue the demons, suppress the strong and help the weak, resettle the Three Realms, complete the mission of the world, and finally return to heaven. With the rap of outstanding artists, the epic has been spread for thousands of years, mainly in the vast pastoral areas and rural areas in the western plateau of China.
Dong folk songs
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: Dong folk songs are the general name of Dong folk multi-voice folk songs without accompaniment and command. Including voice songs, narrative songs, children's songs, stepping on the hall songs and blocking the road songs. "Being superior to others" is its traditional principle of voice combination, beauty and harmony is its distinctive artistic character, and singing by singers and chorus is its national inheritance. It carries and conveys vital cultural information such as a nation's lifestyle, social structure, ethics and customs, and the essence of wisdom.
China woodblock printing technology
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: woodblock printing is a special technique that uses a knife to carve characters or patterns on a board, and then uses ink, paper, silk and other materials to print and bind books. It has a history of more than 1,3 years, which is more than 4 years earlier than movable type printing.
Gansu Huaer
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: Hua 'er was born in the early years of Ming Dynasty (around 1368 AD), and it is a folk song spread among the Han, Hui, Tibetan, Dongxiang, Baoan, Salar, Tu, Yugu, Mongolian and other ethnic groups in the northwest of China. Named for comparing women to flowers in the lyrics. It is sung in Chinese and influenced by the traditional music of Qiang, Tibetan, Han, Tu and Muslim nationalities.
Manas
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: Manas, an epic of Kirgiz, has been sung for thousands of years, and it is one of the three great epics in China. It sings in many different languages and has a huge space, among which the most famous is the genealogical legendary narrative of Manas and his later heroes, which is 236, lines long, reflecting the rich traditional life of Kirgiz people and is an "encyclopedia" of outstanding creation and oral inheritance of Kirgiz people.
craftsmanship of nanjing yunjin brocade
Selected time: 29.
reason for being elected: craftsmanship of nanjing yunjin brocade continues the tradition of royal weaving in China and is the representative of the highest level of brocade skills in China. It applies core technologies such as "warping and weft breaking" to large looms with complicated structures. It is manually operated by upper and lower people and weaves luxurious fabrics such as robes with silk thread, gold thread and peacock feather thread.
Xinjiang Uygur Muqam Art
Selected time: 25.
reason for being elected: "China Xinjiang Uygur Muqam Art" is the general name of various Muqams circulating in Xinjiang Uygur inhabited areas, and it is a large-scale comprehensive art form integrating singing, dancing and pleasure, represented by "Twelve Muqams".
Mongolian long tune
Selected time: 25 (China and Mongolia jointly declared).
Reason for being elected: Mongolian long-tune folk songs existed as early as the Mongolian formation period, which is closely related to grassland and nomadic lifestyle, and is a symbolic display of Mongolian production, life and spiritual character. China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Mongolia are the main cultural distribution areas of Mongolian long-tune folk songs.