What are the cultural heritages in Foshan?

1, Foshan lion head is an ancient traditional handicraft in Guangdong Province. It was founded in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and has a history of more than 200 years. Its biggest feature is vivid modeling, bright colors and exquisite and firm production.

2. The Guangdong lion belongs to the Southern Lion among the lion dances in China. It is an authentic traditional folk dance in Guangdong Province and a treasure in Guangdong Dance Garden. Historically, it was born out of the court lion dance in the Tang Dynasty. After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, with the migration from the Central Plains to the south, lion dance culture was introduced into Lingnan area.

3. Cantonese Opera, also known as "Cantonese Opera" or "Grand Drama", is one of the traditional operas in Guangdong. It originated from Southern Opera, popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao, and sometimes performed in overseas Chinese-speaking areas. Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty began to appear in Guangdong and Guangxi. It is a performing art that combines singing, reading, playing, musicians' music, stage costumes and abstract forms. Every business of Cantonese opera has its own unique costumes.

4. Foshan paper-cutting is an ancient traditional folk art, which spread in Song Dynasty and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its style is magnificent, vigorous and Gu Zhuo, its structure is magnificent and unrestrained, its colors are exaggerated and rich, it integrates cutting, engraving, chiseling, printing, writing and lining, and its materials and expression techniques are skillfully combined, which has distinctive local characteristics. Due to the different production methods, it can be roughly divided into solid color paper-cutting, copper lining, example writing, paper writing, golden flower writing, silver writing and so on. His works are cut and carved on paper or special copper or silver foil with scissors or knives.

5. Foshan lamp, commonly known as light color, is a traditional handicraft in Foshan City, Guangdong Province. It is one of the main schools of traditional lantern art, with exquisite and beautiful characteristics in southern Guangdong. Including large colored lights and overhead lights, people's story group lights and colorful dragon lights. The whole process of making colored lights is manually operated by artists. Foshan Lantern is the representative of China Folk Lantern, a wonderful flower of Lingnan folk art and an important part of mass cultural life.

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