Take stock of the taste of the year in your memory

According to Yantai Cultural Tourism:

In the memory of the Spring Festival, there are always some extra precious things hidden

For example Chinese New Year's Eve coins in dumplings

Grandpa put firecrackers on the kangtou

Sugar balls and leather tigers at temple fairs...

Today, let's take stock of the new year in these memories

1. Dragon and lion dance

The dragon and lion dance is one of the most lively programs during the Spring Festival, and it also pins people's hopes for disaster relief and prosperity. Dragon dances and lion dances generally need to be assisted by certain musical instruments, in the vocal music, lions and dragons change their posture under the operation of people, light and agile, sometimes jumping and soaring, sometimes tossing and turning, flexible and interesting.

2. Step on stilts

Stilts are a kind of folk stunts, thin long wooden stilts are the performance tools of people with special skills, they wear costumes, face makeup, amuse everyone with lively movements and witty expressions, and combine characteristic folk customs to set off a cheerful atmosphere.

3. Song

Yantai's "Haiyang Great Yang Song" is well-known, not only a beautiful dance, but also an art. Every New Year's Festival, the Song Team will be on the battlefield. The members of the dance team have beautiful dance postures, accompanied by rhythmic drum sounds to change the formation, interpreting a series of historical stories, myths and legends...

4. Pull foreign tablets

La Yang film is a popular folk art since the Song Dynasty, and it is now rare. With the help of a wooden box surrounded by mirrors, several pictures are placed in the box, supplemented by lighting. When the performer performs, he will pull the rope with the plot told, so that the picture rolls up, so that the viewer feels like watching a movie.

5. Flower lanterns

Flower lanterns are an important entertainment culture of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, not only has the function of "playing tricks" to reward the gods, but also has the value of entertaining people, modern society is more than the Spring Festival, Lantern and other festivals hanging, adding luster to the festive days and praying for peace.

8. Sugar painting

The sound of gongs and drums is loud, and the family is gathered with joy! Gongs and drums are indispensable in Yantai's folk performances. "Ding-ding-ding-dong-dong", the distinct sense of rhythm and strong sound of the gongs and drums will effectively set off the atmosphere and cheer for the performance.

7. Shadow puppetry

Shadow puppetry is a folk performance loved by both adults and children, and one person must hold a pole and sing it, and the other person beats the drum to accompany it. The shadow puppet is vividly imaged under the effect of light and shadow, and it is exquisite.

Sugar painting is a traditional folk art, which is based on the boiled syrup as the main material, and is shaped by drawing, casting, painting and other crafts. The images of sugar paintings are diverse and interesting, which can arouse people's childlike hearts.

9. Paper cutting

Paper-cutting has a history of more than 2,000 years in Yantai and is a famous intangible cultural heritage of Yantai. Every New Year's Festival, relatives are married, and every family must paste window flowers, and there will also be a figure of paper-cutting skilled people in the annual temple fair.

10. Face molding

In Yantai, there are noodle shaping techniques, and the kneading artists have skilled techniques such as kneading, kneading, kneading, lifting, cutting, and carving, and the pieces of dough will become various images in their hands. Especially after dyeing, it is more vivid.