"A plum in front of the study, birds in the trees playing right, magpies chirping in the trees, announcing good news to you Liang Brother..." In the practice room of the First Experimental Primary School in Shuyang County, Suqian City, under the guidance of Wang Meijuan, the inheritor of Huaihai Opera, a provincial intangible cultural heritage representative project in Suqian City, the students interpreted the classic Song of Huaihai Opera "Liang Zhu" brilliantly.
It is understood that Wang Meijuan served as the instructor of the Huaihai Opera Inheritance Project at the First Experimental Primary School in Shuyang County, providing weekly tutoring to let students learn local culture and encourage them to carry forward their excellent traditional culture. Under her guidance, the scene of thousands of teachers and students singing Huaihai opera together has become a beautiful landscape, and the Huaihai opera campus drama "Three Borrowed Banana Fans" won the first prize of the collective project of the third "National Opera Cup" student opera competition in China.
This is a microcosm of Suqian City's intangible cultural heritage campus activities, and it is also the fruitful result of Suqian City's exploration of intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance.
"Suqian has a long history and profound cultural heritage, the folk contain a large number of original ecological traditional cultural resources, and the rich intangible cultural heritage contains the spiritual creation of the Suqian people, and also carries the long history and unique regional culture of Suqian." The relevant person in charge of the Suqian Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said that since the establishment of the city, the Suqian Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have attached great importance to the protection and inheritance of traditional culture, and have done a lot of fruitful work in the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. Over the years, the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Suqian City has taken innovation and development as the driving force, dug deep into the connotation of intangible cultural heritage, introduced creative design, innovated means of inheritance, and made the intangible cultural heritage with local characteristics "passed down", "alive" and "fire", and various activities were wonderful and highlights appeared frequently.
Intangible cultural heritage + campus, let the intangible cultural heritage "passed on". "It's amazing how you can use mud to create a lifelike zodiac shape." Under the guidance of Hao Jun, the inheritor of the clay sculpture, the students of Yuxin Primary School in Suyu District picked up the clay sculpture they made and were very happy. "The school is a fertile soil for the inheritance of intangible culture, so that intangible cultural heritage can make students more aware of local characteristic culture and inherit excellent traditional culture." The relevant person in charge of the Suqian Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said that in 2012, Suqian City issued the "Notice on Carrying Out Intangible Cultural Heritage Campus Activities" to start the work of intangible cultural heritage into the campus in the city. Every year, the cultural departments of various counties and districts organize the inheritors of Intangible Cultural Heritage projects such as Sizhou Opera, Huaihai Opera, Liuqin Opera, and Northern Jiangsu Qinshu to go deep into schools, adopt various forms, and regularly and designate them to teach, train and tutor students and teachers, and continuously cultivate successor talents for intangible cultural heritage projects. According to statistics, the city has 30 projects in more than 50 primary and secondary schools in the city to carry out learning activities, training more than 20,000 intangible cultural heritage primary school students. The city's cultural departments at all levels, together with the education department, organize various intangible cultural heritage campus exhibition and display activities to let more young people understand the excellent traditional culture of Suqian City. At the same time, the construction of non-genetic inheritance teaching bases has been strengthened, and more than 30 schools in the city have established non-genetic inheritance bases, including 5 municipal non-genetic inheritance demonstration bases.
Intangible cultural heritage + large collection, let the intangible cultural heritage "live". On September 14, 2019, the fourth "Intangible Cultural Heritage Collection" of Suqian City was grandly decorated in the scenic spot of Xiang Wang's hometown. Huaihai opera "Borrow Boots", Liuqin opera "Sanxi Linmen", Tiangang gong and drum "Kiln Blowing Wind" and other classic programs are displayed in turn, Yundu peach carving, paper cutting, spinning wood carving, clay sculpture and other intangible cultural heritage project inheritors carry out on-site operation display, Siyang chicken, Qianji old goose, through the city cake, crystal hawthorn cake and other project inheritors present traditional delicious dishes to the audience on the spot, wonderful activity display let tourists and citizens live enough "intangible heritage addiction". "Catching up with the big market is a folk activity loved by the citizens of Suqian. In order to inherit and protect the excellent traditional culture and revitalize the intangible cultural heritage around us, we have made full use of this custom to display the intangible cultural heritage projects in our city in a centralized manner, and achieved good results. The relevant person in charge of the Suqian Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said that at present, in addition to holding the "Suqian Intangible Cultural Heritage Collection" activity, Suqian City has also carried out activities such as the "Feelings of Home and Country - My Motherland and Me" paper-cut art exhibition and the "Talk Canal Say Intangible Cultural Heritage" children's folk story telling contest, which has effectively enhanced the awareness of the masses of intangible cultural heritage protection. At the same time, we will actively organize intangible cultural heritage projects to participate in various exchange activities inside and outside the province. According to statistics, in 2019, a total of 25 intangible cultural heritage projects such as Yundu Peach Sculpture participated in various exhibition and exchange activities inside and outside the province, which enhanced the popularity and influence of intangible cultural heritage projects in Suqian.
Intangible cultural heritage + network, let the intangible cultural heritage "fire". "It was delicious. Buy it for relatives out of town, all said good! "Open the Jingdong platform, the Huangdun Lake Ladou comment area is applauded. Huangdun Lake wax beans are made by traditional craftsmanship and careful fermentation, and are one of the municipal intangible cultural heritage projects in Suqian City. "To better protect and utilize intangible cultural heritage, we need to keep pace with the times and constantly explore." The relevant person in charge of the Suqian Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said, "When the society develops into the Internet age, non-genetic inheritance cannot be separated from digitalization and network means. In order to meet the needs of the times, the bureau fully grasped the favorable opportunity to create a demonstration area for network market supervision and service in the city, established a "non-heritage touch net" platform, organized intangible cultural heritage projects and products for online promotion and sales, and made classic plays in folk dramas such as Liuqin opera, Huaihai opera, Huaihong opera into videos and uploaded them to the Internet platform, which is convenient for netizens to enjoy and download, and accelerate the dissemination of intangible cultural heritage; preferably select intangible cultural derivatives such as Sanyuan Sweet Oil, Qianji Old Goose, Crystal Hawthorn Cake, etc., to adopt the method of online direct sales and brand direct sales. Broaden the marketing channels of intangible cultural heritage products, improve brand influence, and better protect and inherit intangible cultural heritage.
It is understood that in order to more effectively protect intangible cultural heritage, Suqian City has issued the "Measures for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Suqian City", and the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage in the city has entered the track of standardization and legalization. At present, Suqian Has 2 national intangible cultural heritage representative projects, 21 provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects, 91 municipal intangible cultural heritage representative projects, and 317 county (district) level intangible cultural heritage representative projects; Sucheng District has been named "Hometown of Chinese Qu Art" and Shuyang County has been named "Hometown of Chinese Drama"; Linhe Town of Siyang County has been awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" for five consecutive times for the protection and inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage representative project Yundu Peach Carving.
A glimpse of the work of intangible cultural heritage in various counties and districts
Shuyang: Digitalization makes non-genetic inheritance more long-lasting
In 2014, Shuyang County launched the "Memory Project" and digital protection pilot work of intangible cultural heritage, and completed the collection of data from the database of the provincial project "Huaihai Opera". Since then, it has successively carried out the digital protection of intangible cultural heritage projects such as folk literature, Northern Jiangsu Qinshu, Gonggu Gong and so on, and completed about 200 volumes of electronic files, about 550 hours of video recordings, about 90 hours of audio recordings, about 650 copies of traditional scripts and lyrics, and more than 15,000 pictures.
Su Yu: Non-genetic inheritance takes root on campus
In recent years, the cultural authorities of Suyu District, together with the education department of the district, have extensively carried out the activity of "intangible cultural heritage into the campus" to make the seeds of non-genetic inheritance take root and sprout in the hearts of young people. At present, the district has built 16 non-genetic inheritance sites, with a total of more than 2,000 inheritors, and the inheritance work has achieved remarkable results. The paper-cutting base of Cao JiXin School in the district was rated as the first batch of non-genetic inheritance bases in the city.
Sihong: Cultivate characteristic intangible cultural brands
In recent years, Sihong County has skillfully used intangible cultural heritage elements to cultivate local cultural brands, and carried forward and inherited excellent traditional culture through activities such as gong and drum competitions, gong and drum art festivals, fishing drum art festivals, and folk culture and art festivals.
Sucheng: "Qingu Village Tour" makes the flower of quyi blossom throughout the region
The Northern Jiangsu Drum and the Northern Jiangsu Qinshu are representative projects of provincial intangible cultural heritage. Since 2016, the Cultural and Guangdong Tourism Bureau of the district has extensively carried out the "Qingu Village Tour" cultural activities to benefit the people in the villages of the district. In 2018, the district was named "The Hometown of Chinese Quyi".
Siyang: Add vitality to the inheritance and development of Huaihai opera
In order to inherit and promote the provincial intangible cultural heritage representative project "Huaihai Opera", Siyang County entrusted huai'an culture and art school to train 30 huaihai opera students in 2012. At present, these young students have become the backbone of the Siyang Huaihai Drama Troupe, and many of them have won awards in provincial competitions.
National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Project
Hongze Lake fishing drum
Hongze Lake fishing drum, also known as "playing end drum" and "end encouragement". The Hongze Lake Fishing Drum is a form of dance expression that combines rap and dance in its specific area when the gods of the Hongze Lake Area burn large paper to make wishes or altar sacrifices for fishermen in the early days. It began in the Tang Dynasty and originated in the area of Mudun Island and Hongze Lake in the semi-towns of Sihong County.
Sizhou drama
Sizhou opera, formerly known as "La Soul Cavity", originated in the area of Shangtang Town in present-day Sihong County, and is popular in the middle and lower reaches of the Huai River and on both sides of the Huai River on the border of Suzhou and Anhui, with a history of more than 200 years. On the basis of rapping, its performances absorb a large number of folk dance forms such as "embossed flower field", "dry boat dance", "trolley dance" and "running donkey", with the characteristics of bright and lively, simple and cheerful, rigid and spicy.
Provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects
Huaihai drama
Huaihai opera has a history of more than 250 years, is one of the main types of local drama in Jiangsu, originated in Shuyang, popular in suqian city, Huai'an city, Lianyungang city, Xuzhou city, Parts of Yancheng and northeast Anhui in northern Jiangsu. Its unique singing voice, diverse instrumental music, rich song cards, and flexible performance methods are widely loved and welcomed by local people.
Yanghe wine brewing techniques
Yanghe wine brewing technology began in the Tang Dynasty, developed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has a verifiable history of more than 400 years, which is a traditional Chinese distilled wine brewing technology. It is one of the typical representatives of Chinese liquor brewing technology, and the brewed liquor is unique among the aromatic liquors, which is the representative of the "Jianghuai School" wine.
Tiangang gong and drum
The Tiangang Gong and Drum originated in the area of Tiangang Lake in Sihong County (present-day Tianganghu Township, Sihong County). After the gong and drum artists have been passed down from generation to generation, nearly 10 fixed songs have been formed, which are famous inside and outside the province for their cheerful and bright rhythms, enthusiastic and unrestrained playing style, sonorous and exciting melodies, and majestic formations.
Yundu peach carving
Yundu peach carving is an art form that uses peach core as raw material and uses traditional handicrafts to carve and produce various arts and crafts. It is widely spread in Yundu Village, Linhe Town, Siyang County, and its surrounding areas, and has a history of more than 300 years. (Zhuang Gang Ge Yiqiu)