Intangible cultural heritage is an important resource of cultural tourism, which can be integrated into all aspects of tourism, extend the tourism industry chain, and enhance the attractiveness of tourist destinations. In recent years, the city has combined the protection of intangible cultural heritage with the development of tourism, and has also become a "golden business card" to attract tourists. During the Spring Festival, a variety of intangible cultural heritage display and performance activities were organized in urban and rural areas of our city, which were loved and praised by citizens and tourists.
From February 10th to February 17th, that is, from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the 2024 "Intangible Cultural Heritage New Year Garden Party" series of activities hosted by the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, and undertaken by the Municipal Cultural Center and the Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center were held at the Shantou Cultural Center.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the "Intangible Cultural Heritage New Year Garden Party" series of activities - lion dance performance was staged at the Shantou Cultural Center. The lion dance is considered to be the auspicious thing to drive away evil and avoid harm, every festival or major event, there must be a lion dance to help the fun, long-lasting, passed down from generation to generation, in 2006 was selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list. During the event, five dancing lions appeared to the rhythm of the drums to kick off the performance. The drumming teenagers danced the double mallets, the drums were thunderous, and the uniform drum performance of the teenagers quickly ignited the atmosphere of the audience. The lion danced proudly and threw green to send blessings, causing bursts of cheers from the citizens. Ms. Chen, a tourist, said that when she came to Shantou for the first time for the Chinese New Year, she was very excited to experience the lion dance performance on the spot, and looked forward to the New Year.
"Welcoming the New Year, guessing lantern riddles" is a must-have activity for the Spring Festival in Chaoshan every year. Chaoshan lantern riddle guessing folk customs have been around for a long time, local customs, place names, people, history, etc. can all be enriddled, and still retain the ancient style of "drumming guide guess", its elegance and vulgarity are appreciated, the attributes of joy to hear, poetic language, concise and concise, music-like rhythm, catchy. Just a few words, or words are alive, all-encompassing, and the weather is myriad. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, "spring overflows the garden, lantern riddles celebrate the New Year" activity was held in the Municipal Cultural Center, according to Huang Yuqun, the intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Shantou lantern riddles, the content of the lantern riddles mainly covers the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the core values of socialism, the "Millions of Projects", intangible cultural heritage, overseas Chinese culture, Chaoshan culture, Spring Festival culture, etc., the riddle is moderately difficult and suitable for urban and rural people to guess.
The dragon dance, commonly known as the dragon lantern dance, is a traditional folk cultural activity of the Han nationality that originated in China. During the dragon dance, the dragon follows the hydrangea to do various movements, constantly interspersed with a variety of postures such as twisting, waving, leaning, kneeling, jumping, and shaking. Praying for peace and a good harvest through dragon dances has become a folk culture throughout the country. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Shuanglong Dance Performance of Shantou Chaoshan Li Family Tutor Boxing Inheritance Center was held in the Municipal Cultural Center and other places.
During the Spring Festival, 38 little intangible cultural heritage docents came to the Chaoshan Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall and the Shantou Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall of the Shantou Cultural Center on the fifth floor of the Chaoshan History and Culture Expo Center, bringing wonderful explanations full of innocence and childlike fun to citizens and tourists. It is understood that from the fourth to the eighth day of the first month, the special session of "Engraving and Cutting the Year of the Dragon, a Trace of Ingenuity" will also be presented in the Municipal Cultural Center in succession with tide embroidery, Shantou beef ball production skills, Chuantuo skills, paper-cutting (Guangdong paper-cutting), and seal engraving skills.
Source: Shantou Rong Media Group