On the evening of October 1st to 2nd, the Liancheng Intangible Cultural Heritage Wonderful Night Activity, Gutian Tour Dalong, Bizhou Tour Lantern, Sichuan Opera Face Change, and Guangdong Lion Dance four exquisite intangible cultural heritage danced on the same stage, allowing citizens and tourists to feel the infinite charm of intangible cultural heritage culture in mutual learning and mutual learning.
Gutian You Dalong is known as "the first dragon in the world". In June 2008, it was included in the "Second Batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage List", and in 2012, it successfully challenged the Guinness World Record for the longest tour of the "Dragon". From 2020 to 2022, it was selected as the "Excellent Folk and Folk Project of Chinese Sports Culture" by the General Administration of Sports of China for three consecutive years.
Hua Xuzhen, Secretary of the Party Branch of Zhongbao Village, Gutian Town: Gutian You Dalong, I participate in every activity, and pass on the mighty and domineering spirit of Gutian Dalong so that more people can understand it.
Bizhou lantern is unique, it uses pure handmade "Wanzi eyebrows", three layers up and down, left and right, as many as more than 20 lights. In 2018, Bizhou's "February 2nd" lantern was included in the sixth batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Longyan City.
Lin Yudong, a villager from Bizhou Village, Juxi Town: I have been carrying lanterns for more than 30 years, and I will participate in activities every year to pass on the traditional culture of the older generation.
Intangible cultural heritage shines through exchanges. In addition to local intangible cultural heritage, the participation of national intangible cultural heritage projects Guangdong Lion Awakening and Sichuan Opera Face Changing · Spitting Fire made the atmosphere of the whole event more hot.
Zhao Weibin, Provincial Representative Inheritor of Guangdong Lion Dance, a national intangible cultural heritage project: We have actively promoted lion dancing on campus, and have carried out lion dancing activities in 196 universities, middle schools, primary schools, and even kindergartens in Guangzhou, of which 8 universities have established undergraduate courses, and more than 30,000 students have received education so far. We also hope to pass on the thousand-year-old lion dance culture from generation to generation.
Only by keeping pace with the times and adding modern elements can intangible cultural heritage be "moving" and "fired", and can traditional culture radiate new vitality and vitality.
Zhao Weibin, the provincial representative inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage project Guangdong Lion Dance: Then we have also made a series of attempts, including our Lion Awakening has also developed more than 200 lion dance cultural creations in 9 categories, and we have also combined with science and technology to launch VR/AR Lion Dance, as well as Lion Dancing somatosensory robots, which can be said to be at the forefront of the country.
Luo Mingliang, a young actor from Sichuan Opera in Sichuan Province: Now that Sichuan Opera has changed its face, we have integrated modern elements such as Spider-Man, Jingle Cat, and Panda, making it easier for young people to accept our traditional arts.
The dynamic parade of high-quality intangible cultural heritage makes traditional culture shine, and also opens the eyes of the audience.
Self-media blogger Li Yonglong: I hope that we will give full play to the power of our self-media to spread the culture of our hometown, so that people outside can see our Liancheng, understand our Liancheng, and fall in love with our Liancheng.
The interactive celebration of intangible cultural heritage in this event also brought vivid inspiration to the innovation and development of local intangible cultural heritage in Liancheng.
Gao Xiaoqing, Deputy Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Liancheng County: Next, we will continue to learn from the experience of intangible cultural heritage revitalization and inheritance in different regions, invite intangible cultural heritage from other places to come in, let local intangible cultural heritage go out, accelerate the creation of Guanzhi Mountain into a national 5A-level tourist attraction, display the achievements of the construction of Liancheng National Hakka Culture (Western Fujian) Ecological Reserve, and continue to launch the cultural tourism brand of "Liancheng Intangible Cultural Heritage Wonderful Night".
Reporter: Jiang Yuting, Lin Jiawei, Xie Qiang, Jiang Youwei