A feast of intangible cultural heritage in Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou, as carries of the humanistic memory, it inherits the ancient and profound city culture.Wherever one comes from, he can experience an immersive intangible cultural heritage tour in Zhengzhou.

▲ activities in Zhanyuan Garden/ file photo by Xu Zongfu 

Zhanyuan Garden, located in Cherry Ditch (Yingtaogou), boasts an elegant and simple Hui-style architecture.Traditional cultures such as tea-whisking, flower arrangement, ancient music, incense art and transmission extension are organically integrated with ancient buildings, bringing vitality to ancient buildings and inheriting culture.

▲ Haishangqiao County/ file photo by Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism

Built in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Haishangqiao Village is a typical example of traditional kiln courtyard architecture in Western Henan. There are 22 key cultural relic protection units of Henan Province in the core area, with values of historical, scientific, social and artistic.

There are 11 intangible cultural heritage projects, such as ceramic skills of Gong County Kiln, Heluo paper-cutting skills, Heluo Golden stone transmission skills, calligraphy and painting mounting and restoration skills, Guqin production, brick carving skills, ancient architecture restoration skills, the legend of Tian Xian, the Legend of Qingshishan.It's understood that Haishaiqiao intangible cultural heritage research Base has established and introduced 11 intangible cultural heritage projects, such as Gongxian Kiln ceramic technique, paper-cutting technique of Heluo area, Chinese Guqin production, calligraphy and painting mounting and restoration skills and so on.

▲ Memorial Hall of Ouyang Xiu Mausoleum/ photo by Cheng Yan

In the Memorial Hall of Ouyang Xiu Mausoleum in Xinzheng, stone tablets stand in great abundance with the ancient cypress towering. The place commemorates Ouyang Xiu, a writer, historian and statesman of the Northern Song Dynasty, and his family. The scenic spot provides brushes and ink for tourists (limited to 2 per day) to experience writing; During the festival, visitors can also experience the art of rubbing.

▲ exhibitions in Dengfeng Kiln/ File photo from vedio screenshots

Known by experts as "the first folk kiln in the Central Plains", Dengfeng Kiln has a long history of firing, whcih could dates back to Sui and Tang Dynasties, and has been burning for more than 1,000 years. It is one of the historic kilns famous for the production of decorative ceramics.

Visitors there could experience the core kiln sites mainly include Quhe Kiln in Jiaocheng Town, which is famous for the production of pearl flower, white porcelain kiln sites in Tang and Song Dynasties centered on Qianzhuang in Xuanhua Town, and Jun porcelain kiln sites in Jin and Yuan Dynasties centered on Cheng Kiln in Baiping Town.