Pingxiang Shangli is the birthplace of fireworks and firecrackers in China. Local fireworks production has a long history, and Li Yi, the inventor of fireworks, is from Shangli. According to Tang Shi's records, "Li Yi was born on April 18th in the 4th year of Tang Wude (AD 62 1), and was born in Shanglima, Yuanzhou, Jiangnan West Road." It is said that he used his firecrackers to help Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong drive away the evil spirits of Mandrill and restore his dragon body.
2. Lotus tin
More than 2000 years ago, lotus had tin products. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor ordered that tin coins be made by street village tin craftsmen. Lotus tin tools are simple and exquisite. There is a saying called "three-point play and seven-point grinding" Lotus tin ware is a unique folk handicraft with fine symmetry, beautiful arc and exquisite carving and decoration.
3. Pingxiang Spring Palace
Pingxiang spring gong is a folk art form circulating in Pingxiang area, which evolved from "reporting spring". After the Spring Festival, people who announced the spring carried gongs and drums and went door to door to tell people about the family season of that year, reminding people to pay attention to sowing and ploughing in time.
With the development of the times and the popularization of history, the content of singing the Spring Gong began to change, becoming an art form of congratulating people on the New Year and conveying good news, and gradually developing into an art form of telling people, promoting good and restraining evil.
4. Lotus Tea Lantern Dance
"Tea Lantern Dance", also known as "Tea Lantern in Spring", has been widely circulated in Liushi, Gaozhou, Fanglou and other towns in Lianhua County since 1930s.
During festivals, villagers often bring "tea lanterns and dances" to their homes. Everywhere people set off firecrackers outside the master's door to greet him. The performer entered the room and shouted praises such as "Congratulations on getting rich". The dance consists of 15 people. Through the dance changes of various lights, it painted a series of pictures, such as "Shuanglong coming out of the water", "Jiao Twist", "Going to the South Gate of Heaven", "Snake pulling out its shell" and "Shuanglong swinging its tail".
The performance form of "Tea Lantern Dance" is characterized by colorful pictures, singing and dancing, and humor.
5. Anyuan dough sculpture
Anyuan dough sculpture is a traditional folk art, which has both artistic appreciation value and tribute value. It takes flour as the main material, mixes it into different colors, and shapes various vivid images with hands and simple tools.
The dough-kneading artist takes materials at will as needed, rubs, rubs and lifts the dough in his hands for several times, skillfully places, cuts, carves, cuts and shapes the body, hands and head with a small bamboo knife, and puts on hair ornaments and clothes, thus getting rid of the vivid artistic image.
Extended data:
Pingxiang City is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, which is located in the west of Jiangxi Province, bordering Yichun City in the east, Ji 'an City in the south, Zhuzhou City in Hunan Province in the west and Changsha City in Hunan Province in the north. It is located at113 35 ′ ~16 5438+0417 ′ east longitude and 27 20 ′ ~ 28 0 ′ north latitude.
Pingxiang is the "west gate" of Jiangxi, which is at the center of the economic development pattern in the west of Jiangxi. It is called "the border of Hunan and Jiangxi" and "the throat of Wu Chu". Pingxiang is an ancient plant floating on the water, which is called the hometown of Cao Ping.
References:
Pingxiang-Baidu encyclopedia