What are the intangible cultural heritages in China?

Kunqu Opera, also known as Kunqu Opera, Kunqu Opera and Kunqu Opera, is the oldest existing opera in China, and it is also a treasure of traditional culture and art in China. Kunqu Opera originated from the South Wharf of Taicang, China in the 4th century/Kloc-A.D., and was improved by Wei Liangfu and others and went to the whole country. Since the middle of Ming Dynasty, it has dominated China's drama for nearly 300 years.

2. Shadow play

Shadow play, also known as "shadow play" or "light shadow play", is a kind of folk drama that uses animal skin or cardboard to make people perform stories. During the performance, the artists manipulated the shadow puppeteers behind the white curtain, telling stories with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which had a strong local flavor. Its popularity is extremely extensive, and various shadow plays are formed due to different voices played in different places.

3. abacus

Abacus is a numerical calculation method with abacus as a tool, and it is known as the fifth invention of China.

(about a.d. 129 ~ 2 10), Zi Zhuo was born in Mengyin County, Taishan Mountain in the Eastern Han Dynasty (now Mengyin County, Linyi City, Shandong Province) and was a descendant of Lu Wang and Liu Xing in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was an outstanding astronomer and mathematician in ancient China, the inventor of abacus and the discoverer of the theory of uneven moon movement, and was honored as a "saint" by later generations.

4. Twenty-four solar terms (calendar)

Twenty-four solar terms refer to 24 specific festivals in the China lunar calendar, which indicate the changes of seasons. They are formulated according to the position change of the earth on the ecliptic (that is, the orbit of the earth around the sun), and each one corresponds to a certain position reached by the earth every time it moves 15 on the ecliptic.

5. Chinese medicine acupuncture

Acupuncture in traditional Chinese medicine: the general term for acupuncture. Acupuncture is to insert filiform acupuncture into a certain point of the patient's body and use acupuncture techniques such as twisting and lifting to treat diseases; Moxibustion is to burn the skin with burning moxa sticks at certain acupoints and treat diseases with heat stimulation. Acupuncture has distinctive cultural and regional characteristics in China, and it is a precious heritage based on China's medical and scientific traditions. China successfully applied for the World Intangible Cultural Heritage on 20101016.

6. Guqin is the earliest stringed instrument in China and the treasure of traditional culture in China. It is cherished by the world for its long history, rich literature, rich connotation and far-reaching influence.

This art form has been recorded in the Book of Songs, Shangshu and other documents. From June 5, 2003 to 10, Chinese guqin art was listed in the second batch of "representative works of human oral and intangible heritage" by UNESCO.

7. Xinjiang Uygur Muqam Art

Xinjiang Uygur Muqam art is a large-scale comprehensive classical music art form integrating singing, dancing and music. It is the general name of twelve Muqam, Dao Lang Muqam, Turpan Muqam and Hami Muqam, which are spread in various Uygur inhabited areas in Xinjiang, mainly distributed in various Uygur inhabited areas in southern Xinjiang, northern Xinjiang and eastern Xinjiang, and also widely spread in large, medium and small towns such as Urumqi. In particular, the "Twelve Muqams", represented by Muqam in Uygur language, is widely spread in southern Xinjiang and Yili in northern Xinjiang.

8. Nanjing Yunjin

As the representative of the highest level of ancient brocade skills in China, the hand-knitting skills of Nanjing Yunjin Wood Machine was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006. In August 2009, the national standard of geographical indication product Yunjin passed the national expert review in Nanjing, and was successfully selected into the United Nations representative list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind in September of the same year.

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