On the basis of Annuals ofCang County(沧县Cāngxiàn), records and folklore, Cang County Lion Dance goes back to the Ming Dynasty. And it is very popular all over the country since it is ardent, vivid and naughty. Some of the lions’heads Continue Reading

To attract apprentices, Tan publishes recruiting information through various outlets. During this summer vacation, two boys interested in the folk art went to his hometown to study the traditional art form under him. Nuo dance(傩舞Nuówǔ), aMaonan(毛南族Máonán Zú) Continue Reading

“Dragon Drum”is reformed and recreated from following aspects: 1. The reform of dress. The person who beat the drum used to be the warriors, while now is the children. As a result, the new clothes are made to fit Continue Reading

TheGaoyi Waist-hold Drum(高邑腰鼓Gāoyì yāogǔ)originated from the 1950s, which is the new art form produced in the process of the Northern Shaanxi waist-hold spreading throughout the country, and through 50 years of improvement and development. It has become a kind Continue Reading

The exorcizing dance is a blend of multiple religious, folk cultures and arts. In 2006, it was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. Called “the ghost opera” or “the ghost dance”, theexorcizing dance(驱魔舞qūmówǔ) is a kind of Continue Reading

“Muqam“(穆卡姆Mùkǎmǔ), which is a kind ofIslamic music(伊斯兰音乐Yīsīlán yīnyuè) that is distributed in 19 nations and regions of Middle Asia, South Asia, North Africa and West Asia. “Muqam Art of Uygur Minority of Xinjiang in China” is the umbrella name Continue Reading

TheEmperor GeSaer(格萨尔王Gésàěrwáng) is a folk epic work that is popular in the residence area of the ethnic groups such as Zang, Meng, Naxi and so on in the Tibetan Plateau of Chine. It has been sung for a thousand Continue Reading

TheDongba Art(东巴艺术Dōngbā yìshù) is the primitive religious art special of the Naxi ethnics who live in the frontier area of southwest China and believe in Dongba place. Dongba religion got its name from the fact that the priest of Continue Reading

The Niuheliang Site belongs to the Neolithic Hongshan Culture, which was created by tribes living in the west of the Liaohe River Valley about 5,000-6, 000 years ago. The Hongshan Culture was a culture of the late Neolithic Age Continue Reading

Shadow puppet play(皮影戏píyǐngxì), which also called “shadow play”, is a drama form in which the player holds the human figures that are engraved(carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface) by the animal hides with colored paintings, and Continue Reading