[Video] Dragon Boat Festival and others were selected into the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity"
CCTV-International Channel
CCTV News Midnight News): There are a total of 22 China projects officially approved by UNESCO to be included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
In addition to the Dragon Boat Festival, there are also: China's sericulture and silk weaving skills, Fujian Nanyin, Nanjing Yun brocade weaving skills, Anhui rice paper production skills, Guizhou Dong folk song, Guangdong Cantonese opera,"Gesar" epic tradition, Zhejiang Longquan celadon craft, Qinghai Regong art, Tibetan opera,"Manas" epic, Mongolian Humai, Gansu Huaer, Xi'an drum music, Korean farmers' music and dance, calligraphy, seal cutting, paper-cutting art, woodblock printing skills, traditional wood structure creation skills, Mazu believes in customs.
Let's take a brief look at some of these projects.
Yunjin, Cantonese opera, etc.
were selected into the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List
Nanjing Yunjin: Two people can only weave five centimeters a day
In the Yunjin Museum in Nanjing, this Han Dynasty plain gauze Zen garment is the treasure of the Yunjin Museum.
Its original was unearthed in Tomb No.
1 in Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan in 1972.
It is extremely thin, transparent and light.
Ancient dignitaries covered it with silk and satin.
She Dongling, Reception Department of Nanjing Yunjin Museum: When it was unearthed, it was only 49 grams.
The entire weight was not even one or two weights.
Its length was 17 meters long.
When kneaded, it was only the size of an egg.
Nanjing Yunjin is famous for its complex craftsmanship, luxury and richness.
It has been used by the royal family since the Yuan Dynasty.
To this day, it still has to be woven using an old-fashioned flower and flower lifting machine.
It is completed by the cooperation of a jacquard worker and a weaver.
It can only produce 5 centimeters a day., inch brocade and inch gold.
She Dongling, Reception Department of Nanjing Yunjin Museum: Now we see that the black color is silver, the dragon's body is 18K gold, the dragon's head is 24K gold, the satin dragon robe takes more than three years, and the gauze dragon robe takes more than five years.
There are satin patterns, ribs, and plain weave on one row, so it is more difficult.
Today, Yun Jin has also entered the lives of ordinary people.
Citizen: If these things with China's classical traditional culture are decorated in your own home, they will have a great historical heritage and a sense of depth.
Guangdong Cantonese opera: Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao jointly declare
Cantonese opera is one of the local operas in Guangdong in China.
It is also known as Grand Opera or Guangdong Grand Opera.
It originates from Southern Opera and has appeared in Guangdong and Guangxi since the Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty.
It is a performing art that combines singing, doing, singing, singing, music, stage costumes, abstract shapes, etc.
The singing music of Cantonese opera is mainly divided into three types: banqu opera, qupai and poetry praise.
As early as 2003, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao began planning to apply to the United Nations for Cantonese opera to become a world cultural heritage.
Mazu believes in customs: More than 200 million believers around the world
Mazu, the sea god, also known as the goddess of heaven and the goddess of heaven, is a god believed by boatmen, sailors, passengers, merchants and fishermen of all ages.
Mazu's belief in customs is a folk culture with worshipping and praising Mazu's spirit of morality, doing good, and great love as the core, Mazu palaces and temples as the main venue for cultural activities, and customs and temple fairs as the form of expression.
At present, the beliefs and customs of Mazu have spread from the Mazu Temple in Meizhou to more than 20 countries and regions around the world.
There are more than 5,000 Mazu temples and more than 200 million believers around the world.
Lin Jinbang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mazu Temple in Meizhou: This is a major event for Mazu believers around the world.
Our successful application this time will greatly promote the future exchanges and exchanges in Mazu's beliefs, customs and culture.