Xuzhou is rich in intangible cultural heritage resources. Folk dances and folk paper-cuts have won many awards across the country. Xuzhou paper-cuts have become the representative of northern Jiangsu paper-cuts with their rough and simple style. Local operas are compatible with north and south, and many actors won the Plum Blossom Award, the highest award of national opera. Since last year, our city made Fuyang food custom "eating" into the national level, Xuzhou has 10 national intangible cultural heritage projects, let's take a look.
Suona, also known as "trumpet", is a foreign musical instrument. Xuzhou people are honest and respectful of etiquette. According to records, the inheritance of suona has a history of hundreds of years, and it is often used in weddings, funerals, sacrifices and other activities. Suona has a profound historical and cultural foundation in Xuzhou, and is widely distributed in various counties (cities) of Xuzhou.
Running a bamboo horse is commonly known as "Bamboo Horse Dance" and "Bamboo Horse Club". The Pizhou Bamboo Horse was prosperous in the Qing Dynasty. After several generations of creation, the dance was successively added with percussion, suona, singing and other accompaniment forms. It gradually formed a folk dance with singing and dancing and a warm atmosphere, and different styles appeared in the inheritance and development. school.
Xuzhou Bangzi Opera, named after the jujube wood bangzi as the percussion instrument, and the fast and slow rhythm of the tune is directed by a pair of drum pads and bangzi. It is also known as "big opera" by the local people. It has been popular in Xuzhou, northern Jiangsu for three or four hundred years. .
Liuqin Opera, formerly known as "La Soul Opera", is not only one of the main types of operas in Jiangsu Province, but also one of the existing local local opera types in the vast areas of northern Jiangsu, southern Shandong, northern Anhui and eastern Henan centered on Xuzhou. Jiangsu Liuqin Opera, which flourished in Xuzhou in the Qing Dynasty, is different from Shandong Liuqin Opera. It has both the simplicity and elegance of southern music and the excitement of northern music. It fits the strong, rough, enthusiastic and righteous character of the aborigines in Xuzhou. Therefore, There is a saying around Xuzhou that "if you don't listen to the soul tune for three days, eating and sleeping will not taste good".
Xuzhou Qinshu originated from the small songs of the Ming Dynasty and was sung in Xuzhou dialect. Xuzhou Qinshu is the main type of music in Xuzhou area, and one of the three types of music in Jiangsu Province (Xuzhou Qinshu, Suzhou Pingtan, Yangzhou Pinghua), and one of the three major Qinshu in China (Beijing Qinshu, Shandong Qinshu, Xuzhou Qinshu). It has a certain place in the national folk art garden and in the hearts of the people. Xuzhou Qinshu has a beautiful singing voice, rich melodies, and unique musical accompaniment.
As a form of folk art, Xuzhou paper-cutting is widely distributed in various counties (cities) in Xuzhou, especially in most towns in Pizhou City, Hegou Town in Xinyi City and Jing'an Town in Peixian County. Xuzhou paper-cut not only incorporates the bold, rough, and vigorous characteristics of northern paper-cutting, but also incorporates the delicate and elegant artistic characteristics of southern paper-cutting.
Sachets are also known as "sachets" and "xiangying", commonly known as "scented cloth bags" and "material cloth bags". The custom of making and wearing sachets has a long history in my country. After thousands of years of development and evolution, Xuzhou has gradually formed a sachet craft with local characteristics.
Tangren tribute was used for court sacrifices in the early days, and later spread to the people. It was introduced to Fengxian County in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Sugar Man Tribute is commonly known as "tribute" in Fengxian County. It is made of high-quality white sugar as raw material and injected with molds. It is an important carrier of traditional funeral rituals. Fengxian Tangren tribute has distinct local characteristics. Tangren tribute has a wide range of subjects and rich contents, involving social life, folk stories, myths and legends and many other aspects. It has a strong religious color and is a "living fossil" for the study of ancient Chinese funeral culture.
Pizhou paper-plastic lion head has a history of more than 500 years. It is a comprehensive plastic art that integrates sculpture, pasting, binding and painting. It has the characteristics of northern Jiangsu and folk crafts. The paper-plastic lion head is exaggerated in shape, lively in image, bright in color and strong in contrast. Its color is borrowed from traditional woodblock New Year pictures, and its depiction imitates theatrical facial makeup. Its style is different from the southern lion head mask. Unrestrained and humorous, it has high artistic research value.
The custom of eating sheep in Xuzhou is a unique folk custom in Xuzhou. It is mainly distributed in the five counties (cities) and five districts of Xuzhou and the surrounding areas, and has formed a folk festival custom. Every year on June 6th of the lunar calendar, every family has to pick up their daughters and sons-in-law, steam new wheat noodle buns, and cook mutton for warm hospitality. Therefore, there is a saying "On June 6th, pick up my aunt, and cook mutton with new wheat buns", "June 6th." , pick up the aunt, the son-in-law's grandson's big house" ballad. There is a popular saying in Xuzhou that "you can get a bowl of mutton soup in Fufu, and you don't need a fairy to prescribe a prescription". After thousands of years of inheritance and development, Fuyang food has been popularized and developed.