1. Paper-cut. Shanxi paper-cut is one of the oldest traditional folk arts. As a hollow art, it gives people a sense of emptiness and artistic enjoyment visually. Its carrier can be paper, gold foil, silver foil, bark, leaves, cloth, leather and other sheet materials. Paper-cutting is a very common mass art in Shanxi, which adds color and joy to thousands of families for the people. People have passed down from generation to generation, and over the years, they have gradually formed a set of relatively complete and mature customs in aesthetic significance and artistic expression.
2. Folk social fire. Shanxi folk social fire is a popular folk entertainment activity in Shanxi during the Spring Festival. On May 20th, 2006, Shanxi Shehuo was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Social fire is a folk self-entertainment activity during the traditional New Year-Spring Festival, which has a long history and originated from the worship of land and fire in ancient times. Society, land god; Fire is the ancestor of fire and the legendary Vulcan. As a result, the custom of offering sacrifices to social fires has emerged among the people and has been handed down year after year.
3 majestic gongs and drums. Shanxi prestige gongs and drums originated in the Yao and Shun era. Weifeng gongs and drums are traditional folk percussion music popular in Linfen, Shanxi Province, and were selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list for the first time. Because of its magnificent performance, it is called "magnificent gongs and drums". Every Chinese New Year holiday, happy harvest, assembly and procession will appear in the folk. Sui and Tang dynasties flourished. According to legend, in 6 19 AD, Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong fought with Weichi Gong of Liu Wuzhou in Huozhou, and won a great victory in one fell swoop. Later, it was circulated among the people and used for festive ceremonies, parties, social fires, and welcoming the gods to ward off evil spirits.
4 folk songs. Shanxi folk songs are one of the very old traditional folk arts. Mainly singing historical figures or historical legends. Legend has it that it was Yao Tianshun's time. Shanxi folk songs have their own unique artistic style and distinctive local characteristics. Due to the geographical environment, economic situation, cultural tradition (especially musical tradition), people's language, customs and neighboring provinces, local folk songs have different characteristics in scale mode, mode and melody characteristics, showing their own style and color. Famous songs representing Shanxi are: Walking to the West, Watching Yangko, Peach Blossom, Red Apricot Out of the Wall, Embroidering Pouch, Want to Kiss and other folk songs are widely circulated.
5 drama. Shanxi local opera art has a long history and a wide variety, which occupies an important position in China opera stage. Pu Opera, Jin Opera, Hokuriku Bangzi and Shangdang Bangzi are the four pillars of Shanxi local opera, which are collectively called the Four Bangzi. The four great bangzi have the same root and different branches, and come down in one continuous line, which is the authenticity of bangzi cavity. It accumulates and shows the historical and cultural value of local opera art, and also reflects local folk customs. Shanxi is the cradle of China opera. Three of the four masters of Yuan Qu are from Shaanxi, including Guan Hanqing, the author of Dou E Yuan, Zheng Guangzu, the author of Lost Daughter, and Bai Pu, the author of Going Over the Wall Soon. Today, there are still competitions and operas in Shanxi. Ancestral temples have to sing operas to worship ancestors, and droughts and rains have to sing operas to avoid disasters and diseases and provide for the elderly. I also want to sing a play "Make a Wish".
6 Kanghua. Kang painting, also known as wall painting and mural painting, is popular in northern China. As a regional plastic art form in Shanxi local culture, it is a synthesis of murals, architectural paintings and New Year pictures. Luliang region, southeastern Shanxi region, Jinzhong region, Xinzhou region and Yanbei region are all distributed, among which the paintings around Yuanping and Daixiankang are the most famous. Kang's paintings have a long history, colorful and far-reaching influence. In 2008, it was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list in China. Shanxi folk have the custom of painting on the walls around the kang. These paintings are used to decorate rooms and protect painted walls, from landscapes, flowers, birds and beasts to history and legends. Murals similar to modern Kang paintings were found in the ancient tombs of the Song Dynasty excavated in Yuanping, which proved that Kang paintings have a history of at least 800 years.
7. embroidery. Shanxi folk embroidery has a long history, a wide range of subjects and rich contents. It has characteristics that reflect the local customs of Shanxi, such as Jinnan embroidery, Xinzhou embroidery, Daixian wild goose embroidery, Fan Shi embroidery, Gaoping embroidery, Shangdang embroidery, Heshun embroidery, Houma embroidery, etc ... There are many charms in Shanxi that you don't know. This kind of handcraft is very popular in rural Shanxi. Embroidery everywhere has its own unique forms: some are gorgeous and exquisite, some are solemn and clear, and some are simple and refined. There are three kinds of embroidery works, clothes, daily necessities and ceremonial decorations. In traditional clothing, embroidery is usually used to decorate collars, sleeves, children's shoes, bibs and children's hats.
8. Pingyang Woodblock New Year Pictures. Pingyang woodblock New Year pictures are traditional folk crafts in Shanxi Province. Woodblock New Year pictures of Pingyang House (now Linfen City), which originated from Hedong Road in ancient Shanxi Province, were widely developed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Pingyang Woodblock New Year Picture is a kind of fine folk arts and crafts that integrates folk painting, carving and printing. In 2006, it was selected into the provincial intangible cultural heritage protection list, and in 2008, it was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection lists published by the State Council.
9. Qitai Yangko. Qitai Yangko is a folk opera art of Han nationality in Shanxi. It is named after being produced in Qixian and Taigu. Because it is widely spread in Yuci, Pingyao, Jiexiu, Jiaocheng, Wenshui, Fenyang, Taiyuan and other Jinzhong areas, it is also called "Jinzhong Yangko", which is presented to everyone with beautiful tunes and performances based on rural life stories, folk customs, rumors and soft things, so it is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people. It reflects a wide range of contents and forms, has a strong flavor of life and local flavor, and is absolutely unique among Shanxi folk songs.
10. dough modeling. Shanxi dough sculpture art is a traditional folk culture with a long history. Dough sculpture originated in the pre-Qin Dynasty and was formed in the Han Dynasty, but it has always been closely related to the etiquette and customs of life. Widely used in festivals, weddings, birthdays, funerals, Liang Liang, housewarming and many other folk customs, sacrifices or celebrations, it has won a good reputation for its complete variety, exquisite production and ingenious conception. The dough sculpture has placed the good wishes and prayers of the working people, looking forward to a rich life, a rich life and a long life. Flour sculpture, also known as flour flower, steamed bread, flower cake and dough mixer, takes glutinous rice flour as the main material and mixes it into different colors to create various vivid images with hands and simple tools.