Explore the ancient street of intangible cultural heritage and enjoy performances of intangible cultural heritage. The Long-Spouted Pot ‘Kung Fu […]
Explore the ancient street of intangible cultural heritage and enjoy performances of intangible cultural heritage. The Long-Spouted Pot ‘Kung Fu Tea Art’ is a unique phenomenon in Chinese tea art. The long-spouted pot is a distinctive tea utensil in China with a long history and profound cultural roots. Performances of long-spouted pot tea art are beloved folk cultures.
‘Traveling in the Mountain City’ – Shadow Puppetry, also known as ‘Shadow Play’ or ‘Lantern Shadow Play’, is a form of folk drama that uses silhouettes made from animal hide or cardboard to perform stories. During performances, artists stand behind a white screen, manipulating the puppets while narrating the story in a popular local tune, accompanied by percussion and string instruments, giving it a strong local flavor.
‘Chinese Martial Arts’ – Chinese martial arts, created and developed by the Chinese nation, serve to strengthen the body, protect oneself, defend against enemies, and achieve victory. It is one of the four great national essences of China, enjoyed by people of all ethnic groups.
‘Silk Dance’ – The basic techniques of manipulating water sleeves can be summarized into ten: brushing, placing, wrapping, throwing, supporting, grabbing, shaking, pulling, turning, and lifting. The combinations formed by these basic techniques amount to forty, such as right sleeve left drag, left and right single brush sleeves, double back brush sleeves, left connect right finger sleeves, and head-covering rain sleeve sliding step double flying sleeves.
‘Brothers Performing’ – The ‘Quilt Play’ is a Sichuan intangible cultural heritage. Hundreds of years ago, a peculiar form of puppetry appeared in Sichuan, called the ‘Quilt Play’, a solo puppet show also known as the ‘Back Pole Play’, named after the curtain that covers the performer like a quilt. This is a puppet show with a plot performed by one person. The performer hides behind the scenes, only allowing the puppets to meet the audience, with the performer’s hands continuously changing the puppet roles.
‘Pi Jin Rolling the Lamp’ – A Sichuan opera segment ‘Rolling the Lamp’ reveals Pi Jin’s idleness and his punishment by his wife, rolling and balancing a lamp on the ground. The play integrates opera and procedural skills with acrobatic lamp-balancing techniques, performing various spectacular stunts on a stool.
‘Erhu Solo’ – The erhu is a renowned Chinese bowed string instrument, with origins dating back to the 7th to 10th centuries during the Tang Dynasty in China, primarily popular among ethnic minorities in northwest China. Over a thousand years of development, the erhu has always been an accompanying instrument in opera.
‘Butterfly Lovers’ – Puppetry as a dramatic performance appeared during the Han Dynasty. Puppetry is a form of drama that uses puppets to perform stories. During performances, actors manipulate the puppets behind the scenes while singing and accompanied by music. Depending on the puppet’s form and manipulation techniques, there are different types such as cloth bag puppets, string puppets, stick puppets, and wire puppets. Puppetry is a dramatic form performed by actors manipulating wooden dolls behind the scenes, also known as puppet shows in ancient China.
‘Face Changing in Sichuan Opera’ – It is said that ‘face changing’ originated from ancient humans who, in the face of fierce beasts, painted their faces in different ways to survive and scare away invading beasts.
Sichuan Opera has brought the art of ‘face-changing’ to the stage, using exquisite skills to make it a unique form of art. Amidst the scenic beauty of Bashan Shu water and the richness of the Land of Abundance, Sichuan Opera’s face-changing artists use a variety of colorful facial makeup to reflect the different personality traits of characters.
Shadow puppetry performance ‘Animal Voices’ uses a simple backdrop, a spotlight, and a pair of skillful hands to vividly portray the myriad aspects of human life and the creatures of the animal kingdom with the agility of ten fingers. The venue is open to the public all year round from 08:30 to 23:00.
