China Lists National Intangible Cultural Heritages

Recently, the State Council officially announced the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage and the first and second groups of Travel China state-level intangible cultural heritage list expansion project, the county's "Elephant fisherman chant", "sing the news" two non-heritage items list.
It is reported that, "Xiangshan fishermen chant" fishermen, boatmen in the long-term production, spontaneous labor practice to create a cultural phenomenon, a preliminary form in the Tang and Song dynasties, the Qing Emperor Kangxi to the Republic to achieve prosperity during the last 1960 years medium gradually disappeared from sight. "Xiangshan fishermen chant" from the traditional fishermen on fisheries and marine transport in the number of sub-sub etc. boatman. "Singing news", also known as "percussion book", is widespread in the Ningbo Beilun  China Travel Agent respective Xiangshan County and the surrounding, Yinzhou other places of ancient folk varieties. Elephant news are singing inside cavity with earth tone singing Elephant soil, the content of local customs.
In recent years, the county increased reporting and non-material cultural heritage protection. It now has state-level intangible cultural heritage item 6, including "Xufu crossing legend", "sun-dried sea salt skills," "open ocean fishermen Xie Yang Festival", "Shipu - Fugang wishful letter vulgar." For more information, please shift to Visit China