The characteristic culture of Ningyang County includes Ningyang Korean paper-cut, Ningyang camel shoes, Ningyang opera, Ningyang puppet show, Ningyang Zhusuona and so on.
1, Ningyang Han's paper-cutting: Its unique paper-cutting skills combine the strengths of various schools of paper-cutting such as wedding series and festival series, and expand the application scope of traditional paper-cutting; Such as room decoration, abandoned the decadent part of traditional paper-cutting, some small and exquisite, some magnificent, won the unanimous praise of colleagues in the art world.
2, Ningyang "camel hoof" shoes: camel hoof shoes originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Due to the limitation of material conditions at that time, the shoes worn by the people could only be woven with straw rope or sewn with cotton cloth. Later, straw sandals gradually evolved into cloth shoes, and camel hoof shoes were made for children after improvement, which have been passed down to this day.
3. Ningyang Heizi Opera: Ningyang Heizi Opera has a history of more than 200 years. The black boy in Ningyang sings "Nine keys, eighteen keys and seventy-two hey". The song is sometimes loud, sometimes round, sometimes soft, and the melody is moving. According to the needs of the plot, skillfully use "coloratura" and "tone sandhi" to highlight the character.
4. Puppet Show in Ningyang: Puppet Show has a history of more than 2,000 years in China. According to Liezi Tang Wen, there is already a puppet show in Zhou Muwang. In the Song Dynasty, puppet shows entered its heyday, with mature forms and diverse types. There are puppet shows, such as stick heads, marionettes, pharmaceutical puppets, water puppets and meat puppets.
5. Ningyang Zhusuona: Ningyang Zhusuona is a family tradition, which originated in Maozhuang Township, Ningyang County, Shandong Province. It has a history of more than 65,438,000 years, which was handed down from generation to generation by the Zhu family. In the process of inheritance and development, several generations of inheritors have constantly summarized and absorbed local excellent opera culture and some folk tunes, and formed their own fixed forms and qupai.