(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SICHUAN-LUZHOU-YUTAN DRAGON DANCE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240208) -- LUZHOU, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Deshu (R, front) performs Yutan Dragon Dance with his team members in Fangdong Town, Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 1, 2024. Yutan Dragon Dance, a traditional Chinese dragon dance in Luxian County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, is performed by local people to pray for good weather and harvest since the ancient time. In 2006, it was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Luo Deshu, 75, is an inheritor of the Yutan Dragon Dance. Luo started to learn the folk art since four years old. He not only inherits the performing skills from his father Luo Yinkun but also integrates acrobatics and other performing styles into the dragon dance. "The essence of the dragon dance is vividness, which demands the performer to coordinate his eyes, hands, feet with his mind, " said Luo. Nowadays, Luo teaches dragon dance at primary schools every week. He also plans to set up a Yutan Dragon Dance team for regular perfo

CHINA-TIANJIN-BRAZILIAN GIRL-CHINESE FOLK ART (CN)

CHINA-TIANJIN-BRAZILIAN GIRL-CHINESE FOLK ART (CN)

(221123) -- TIANJIN, Nov. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Amiris Rodrigues Barros displays photos of her stage performance in a classroom of Nankai University in north China's Tianjin, Nov. 20, 2022. Amiris Rodrigues Barros, a Brazilian girl working for a master's degree at Nankai University in north China's Tianjin, has been in fascinating love with Chinese traditional culture. She first became attached to China when she was still in high school in her homeland, where she attended Chinese classes and grew particular interest for the Chinese food and places of interest. Later on, she scored colorfully in the "Chinese Bridge" competition, which strengthened her mind to pursue higher education in China. In 2019, Amiris, already an international student at Nankai, became fascinated with the "Jingdong Dagu" (literally translated as East Beijing Drum). Listed among national intangible cultural heritages, the "Jingdong Dagu" is a folk art of drum music and recitative, sung in the east Beijing dialect. As a protege and perfo