Zhangzhou is like a person who deserves to be loved. If you come here, you will understand how much he deserves to be cherished and recorded.

If you live in Zhangzhou, you probably know which street restaurant has the best braised noodles, and you may know where is the best place to make tea. However, you probably haven’t heard much about bamboo circus, porcelain carving, and Zhang embroidery.

What are the differences between the above? They are all members of the Zhangzhou Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

If you want to prove whether you are really a local, you might as well flip through the intangible cultural heritage list of your hometown.

The three-day and two-night trip is no longer just about seeing the mountains, the sea, and taking photos, and the charming scenery on the surface; following the pace of the large army, you will get into the intangible cultural heritage culture that you would not normally get close to easily. Such as Zhangzhou Nanci, bag puppet show, woodblock New Year pictures, bamboo horse show, porcelain carving and so on.

The first stop is the ancient city of Zhangzhou

The ancient city of Zhangzhou once had a saying that "nine streets, thirteen lanes, three nunneries, two courtyards, and a banyan tree cannot see the sky." After various dynasties, it has been demolished and City walls and arcades, these historical relics have gradually constructed the historical texture of the ancient city of Zhangzhou.

In the ancient city, there is a lot of daily leisure. Here, grab a bottle of sugar cane juice with Pien Tze Huang grass added, stroll through the streets, have four-fruit soup when you’re thirsty, and dry noodles when you’re hungry. It’s just a leisurely ride along the way.

We vaguely saw the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall on Shixing North Road (the south gate of Zhongshan Park); usually, we would probably skip it; this time, we went straight to it. And enter.

Even if you live in Zhangzhou, you may not know that the picture above is one of the intangible cultural heritage items. The only impression you have is the door god on the wooden door of your hometown; and this is called Zhangzhou woodblock New Year painting. It was born as early as the Song Dynasty.

Different from other woodblock New Year picture production areas, only Zhangzhou woodblock New Year pictures are printed with color plates first and then with ink lines. The requirements for color position during the printing process are very high. , all based on the printer’s experience.

In the production process of woodblock New Year pictures, not only line drawings but also color plates must be drawn. During this process, there must be no deviation, otherwise the quality will be poor. Engraving is the most time-consuming and laborious, requiring great mental concentration and physical exertion.

Only with a deeper understanding can you understand that woodblock New Year pictures are also very difficult.

Nowadays, the practicality of New Year paintings to ward off evil spirits has weakened, and it has become divorced from real life. The market is getting smaller and smaller. We can only wait for its aesthetic value to be better explored and given a new connotation of the times. , loved by the public.

Having said all this, one thing that cannot be left out is that the intangible cultural heritage in the ancient city of Zhangzhou is very concentrated, and traces of it can be found in Zhangzhou embroidery, puppet head carvings, Jin Ge, eight treasures ink ink and other intangible cultural heritage items; The more you explore in depth, the more you can feel the infinite charm of Zhangzhou’s intangible cultural heritage.

Intangible cultural heritage items: Zhangzhou woodblock New Year pictures, puppet head carvings, southern poetry, Zhang embroidery, Zhangzhou Babao seal making techniques, Jin Ge

Misty night , starting from Zhangzhou city, driving for two hours, finally arrived at Nanjing's hometown. You may want to ask, besides earth buildings, what else does Nanjing have?

Come, let’s take a look.

Locate Deyuan Hall in Taxia Village, Nanjing.

Taxia Village is a famous overseas Chinese village. It is not far away from the village of hundreds of kilometers. After understanding Deyuantang, you cannot miss a bag puppet show.

Bag puppet show is a drama performed with bag puppets. It is a type of puppet show and is a trace left by the development of southern Fujian culture. It has a long history. On a warm morning, a group of people sat in front of the stage and watched a puppet show. It was really interesting.

On the morning we were there, apart from a dozen of us, there were only a few scattered villagers in the audience. On the stage, they were always performing seriously and meticulously. The bag puppets performed vividly in their hands, as if they had come to life.

They are not only performers, but also presenters and inheritors of this art.

Nanjing Hakka folk songs are the natural sound of the Hakka people. There is such an old man in the Tulou in Tianluokeng, Nanjing, the "King of Tulou Folk Songs" - Huang Tingfang. He has a deep understanding of the origin, folk customs and culture of the Tulou. He knows the connotation very well. The Tianluokeng Hakka folk songs he sang are simple and melodious, and can be called a living "encyclopedia" of Tianluokeng Village.

However, because Hakka folk songs are sung orally and last for many years, many masterpieces are in danger of being lost. Through his door-to-door visits and unremitting collection, he finally showed us the charm of Nanjing’s intangible cultural heritage.

Intangible cultural heritage items: Hakka folk songs, bag puppet show

Cross the mountains and rush to the thousand-year-old county by the sea --Zhangpu, enjoy the bamboo horse performance, which is known as the "living fossil of opera".

I still remember when I was a child, every Chinese Valentine’s Day, my hometown would sing operas for several days in a row. We were singing and babbling on the stage, while we in the audience held straw mats and occupied seats, nibbling fried cakes and eating Sipping marshmallows and occasionally watching actors putting on makeup backstage was a great pleasure.

Now, although there are still performances, there are fewer and fewer audiences in the audience.

Bamboo horse opera began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It has a history of more than a thousand years; the bamboo horse opera is based on Zhangzhou folk tunes, and its performance inherits the Tang Dynasty's military drama and Characteristics of the "Bamboo Horse Lantern" dance.

The words and phrases of the bamboo circus are catchy, and every move is closer to the lives of ordinary people. It is full of a strong flavor of life and is very lively and beautiful.

After thousands of years of changes, some of the traditional bamboo circus plays have finally been completely preserved in Zhangpu, blooming like a wonderful flower on the land of Zhangpu. Under the collective protection of everyone, the "Hometown of Chinese Bamboo Circus" can pass it on from generation to generation.

Intangible cultural heritage items: bamboo circus, paper-cutting

In the Fengdong Stone Scenic Area in Dongshan County, there is a world-famous Guandi Temple, this ancient building that has gone through many dynasties, still shines with a different kind of charm.

Anyone who has visited Guandi Temple will be surprised by the exquisite figures on the roof. On the roof of the Prince Pavilion of Guandi Temple, there stand 120 heroes and their stories, such as the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Di Qing taking the pearl flag, mother-in-law tattooing, Mu Guiying taking command, etc. It can be said to be a masterpiece of porcelain cutting sculptures .

Porcelain carvings can be seen everywhere on the roof ridges, raised legs, gate towers, etc. of buildings in southern Fujian and other places. The decoration on the roof of the house makes the building more radiant.

Porcelain-cut sculptures have a history of hundreds of years, but because they are mostly found on the roofs of temples and ancestral halls, they are “far away” from our sight, so they are not well known to us.

Intangible cultural heritage items: Porcelain-cut sculptures

Zhao'an is an hour's drive from Dongshan. After passing through the long alleys, we finally arrived at "Qingyuan Paper and Silk Shop". This time the target is the "art on the fingertips" - Zhao'an Caizha.

At first, I couldn’t imagine that this small, simple three-story building could produce such exquisite works, with a wide variety of handicrafts, such as embroidery, helmets, colorful tie-ups, and lanterns. Waiting for the works to shine brightly.

In front of the long table, I watched the gold and silver threads twisting around Teacher Lin’s fingertips. With each cut and stitch, a colorful and lifelike handicraft was born.

In his spare time, Teacher Lin also showed us his superb blind cutting skills. We who were watching were amazed and admired, and we couldn't help but sigh at how profound his skills were.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Project: Colored Tie Technique

The trip of three days and two nights ended in a hurry. For us, This is an excellent opportunity to have close contact with intangible cultural heritage, which refreshes our understanding of Zhangzhou's splendid and long history time and time again, making us fall in love with this city even more.

Zhangzhou is like a person worthy of being loved. If you have been here, you will understand how much it deserves to be cherished and recorded by the public. It is worth it.

I am wuli, the flower that walks freely, come and walk around Fujian with me! If you have a chance, come with me for another walking tour