The “Meet Jiangnan Again, Artistic Suzhou” Suzhou Culture and Art & Intangible Cultural Heritage Event Month occasion began at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum中国工艺美术馆 recently. A collection of events, including efficiencies, display screens of abstract social heritage (ICH), and unique experience tasks, are to be hung on the following three weekends.
Art Performances
The programs, containing Kunqu opera, Suzhou opera, pingtan (narration and ballad singing in Suzhou dialect), farce, Wuxi opera, and performances of guqin (a seven-stringed plucked instrument) and sizhu (conventional stringed and woodwind instruments), will be organized at the gallery’s multi-functional hall at 10:30 am and 2:30 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
ICH Screens and Experience Activities
A total amount of 27 unique abstract cultural heritage things, consisting of Taohuawu woodcut New Year print, Suzhou needlework, and fan-making, exist to the public. Presentation of jaw-dropping craft abilities and novel cultural innovative products will certainly be conducted. Besides, a tea society area including Ming-style furnishings and Biluochun tea waits for visitors. The unique ICH experience program are also launched at the gallery, showcasing 8 nationwide intangible cultural products including Suzhou follower, Suzhou light, fruit pit sculpting, and Track brocade. People in Beijing can experience the elegance and beauty of Suzhou’s intangible social heritage via hands-on activities led by national and rural ICH inheritors.
The occasion will certainly last through December 10.