The drumbeat music "Happy New Year" performance. Photo by Li Mingrui
Jinan, January 25 (Li Mingrui) The 2022 Shandong Intangible Cultural Heritage Month and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition and Exhibition of the Yellow River Basin in Shandong Province were launched in Jinan, Shandong Province on January 25. Nine Shandong cities, including Jinan and Jining, exhibit intangible cultural heritage projects on the same stage along the Huangcheng City, and use a situational series method to tell the intangible cultural heritage.
Shandong kuaishu "Auspicious Words" performance. Photo by Li Mingrui
On the same day, the high-pitched and passionate drumbeat music "Happy New Year", the Shandong express book "Auspicious Words", which conveyed the blessings of the New Year, the gripping acrobatic "Shaking Empty Bamboo", the song and dance flash "Yellow River Into the Sea" and other programs were performed online in turn. At the same time, the inheritors of traditional flower arrangement, Chinese knot weaving techniques, woodblock prints, Jinan paper-cutting and other intangible cultural heritage projects also interacted with the audience through exhibition and performance activities to create a happy atmosphere for the New Year.
"After the Eighth Year, everyone's face is smiling; today is the Intangible Cultural Heritage Month of Shandong Province, let's have an intangible cultural heritage year..." Dong Yanbin, a guest performer from the Shandong Provincial Cultural Center, presented the New Year customs of the areas along the Yellow River in Shandong in the form of a Shandong Express Book. Young actor Chen Tianhang brought Shandong Zheng "Han Palace Autumn Moon" and "Hongyan Night Cry" performances. Shandong Zhengqu is full of strong and strong artistic characteristics, just like the simple and generous, enthusiastic and cheerful character of Shandong people. Chen Tianhang said, "'Autumn Moon in Han Palace' and 'Hongyan Night Cry' are classic songs of Shandong Zheng, allowing the audience to feel the charm of Shandong Zhengqu while appreciating art."
Folk fabric tiger display. Photo by Li Mingrui
On the same day, yang Yingchun, a paper-cutting craftsman, displayed the paper-cut works of "Yingchun Nafu Tiger Tiger Shengwei". According to her, the work was created to welcome the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the twelve paper cuts correspond to 12 Winter Olympic games such as speed skating, alpine skiing, and curling. "I use anthropomorphic techniques to transform the vivid little tigers into athletes to participate in the competition, and I wish the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success."
In addition, as an important part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Month of Shandong Province, the "Twenty-Four Solar Terms" series of activities have attracted much attention, and Wang Jiahua, vice president of the Institute for Advanced Study of Confucianism of Shandong University, introduced in a special lecture that the twenty-four solar terms are the time knowledge system and practice formed by Chinese by observing the annual movement of the sun, and are a set of calendar and chronological systems created by China. As a product of the agricultural era, the 24 solar terms play an important role in the production and life of the Chinese people. "We should not only think of it as a time system, but also as a folk system and fully integrate it into modern social life."
Chinese knot display. Photo by Li Mingrui
It is understood that the exhibition and display activities are hosted by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Shandong Province and hosted by the Shandong Provincial Cultural Center (Shandong Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center), and 2022 is the 7th intangible cultural heritage month in Shandong Province, which lasts from January 25, 2022 to March 4, 2022. (End)