Huasheng Online News (Intern Ran Zijuan He Xi) From September 25th to 26th, the 2023 China (Ziquejie) Research and Education Development Summit Dialogue and "Planning Hunan 'Camp' Flowers Young" cultural tourism activity will be held in Xinhua Ziquejie Terraced Scenic Area. Xinhua has rich intangible cultural heritage resources, such as Xinhua mountain songs, Meishan martial arts, Meishan paper-cutting... This article takes you to explore in advance.
Xinhua Mountain Song
(National Intangible Cultural Heritage Xinhua Mountain Song)
"Green tea leaves make Xinhua mountain song, red pepper floats out Xinhua mountain song, golden rice waves jump out of Xinhua mountain song..." This is the lyrics of Xinhua mountain song.
Originated from the pre-Qin dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. From ancient times to the present, Xinhua mountain songs have been an important means and spiritual food used by the Xinhua people to express their hearts and convey emotions in the fragrance of the mountains and rice flowers.
As a unique representative of Meishan culture, Xinhua mountain song has a distinctive style, high attack, and a singing voice that moves the mountains and waters, with a rough and exciting style and the characteristics of wild beauty, like a wild rose with dew.
Meishan puppet play
(National Intangible Cultural Heritage Meishan Puppet Opera)
Xinhua not only has "wild roses", but also Meishan puppet opera, which is known as the "living fossil" of folk culture. For thousands of years, it has served as an important carrier for beautiful visions such as praying, seeking children, and driving away evil spirits in the lives of Meishan people.
Meishan puppet opera takes the puppet yi as the core, the altar as the carrier, the puppet mask as the symbol, and the puppet opera, the dance of the puppet, the song of the puppet, the technique and related customs as the main content, to express the reverence for the ancestors, and behind it contains the long-standing value concept of the Chinese nation of "family and country unite".
Meishan martial arts
(National Intangible Cultural Heritage Meishan Martial Arts)
General Guanlin, Overlord Unloading, Double Dragon Returning to the Cave... One move and one style, straight and straight, simple movements, this is Meishan martial arts.
In the hinterland of Gumei Mountain, the mountains are high and the forests are deep, and in the barbaric confrontation, the ancestors of Meishan created Meishan martial arts to protect themselves. In the past thousand years, Meishan martial arts with a simple and mighty image, the function of self-defense and health integration into folk performances, its own genre, inheritance continues, and shines in the long river of civilization development.
Umeshan puppet show
Meishan puppet theater, known as "puppet play" in ancient times, also known as "puppet", has a history of more than 200 years, and its performance themes are mainly historical stories.
In ancient times, Meishan folk artists traveled to the countryside to perform for festival weddings and sacrifices to the gods, integrating carving, costumes, scripts, and music, integrating singing, reading, doing, fighting, playing music and performing, achieving the dramatic effect of dancing people and mouths, and gradually forming this folk theater treasure.
Meishan paper cutting
Meishan paper-cutting takes Meishan folk culture as the expression content, which can be divided into two types: cut flowers and chiseled flowers, which has a deep historical and cultural origin. In traditional life, it is mainly manifested in sacrificial activities, wedding celebrations, major festivals, birthdays, etc., and is an indispensable spiritual food for local people in a specific historical environment.
The lines cut by the blade are smooth and delicate, and the knife falls on the paper to create a beautiful work. An excellent Meishan paper-cutting, its aesthetic meaning is permeated with natural and pure decorative meaning and the theme image of "southern barbarism" aesthetics, which is a bright color of Meishan folk.