Dali, Yunnan Province has always retained a unique cultural heritage. In this ancient city, it attracts countless tourists with its unique intangible cultural heritage and beautiful natural scenery. Here, you can experience all kinds of traditional handicrafts, culture and art, among which Diabolo and three tea are the most representative.
Diabolo is one of the ancient traditional cultures and arts in China. It is a small musical instrument composed of fingers and hollow bamboo. In Dali's diabolo crafts, you will not only see exquisite carvings and pictures, but also hear wonderful music handed down from ancient times. It is regarded as the essence of southern culture in China and one of the most famous representatives of Dali's intangible cultural heritage.
On the other hand, three teas are also an indispensable part of Dali culture. You can taste one of the best teas in the world here. From picking, drying, salvaging tea leaves to making tea, every link needs care and patience. Besides, we can also feel its historical and cultural value from the traditional ceremonies in three tea.
However, in Dali's intangible cultural heritage, the most distinctive and shocking thing is the removal of silver from black copper. The production process of this kind of handicraft is extremely complicated, which requires high-level craftsmen to make it specially. Because of its unique style and exquisite craftsmanship, Wu Tong Walking Silver contains high collection value and cultural value, and is regarded as one of the most precious intangible cultural heritages in Dali.
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Diabolo is a traditional sport popular in Beijing, and it is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Diabolo has a long history in China. In the book "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of Imperial Capital in Ming Dynasty", there are descriptions of diabolo playing methods and production methods, as well as cultural relics unearthed in Ming Dingling as evidence. It can be seen that diabolo has been popular among the people for at least 600 years. Diabolo shaking is a sport accomplished by clever coordination of limbs.
When hands shake diabolo to do all kinds of tricks, the shoulder joints, elbow joints and wrist joints of upper limbs, hip joints, knee joints and ankle joints of lower limbs, as well as cervical vertebrae and lumbar vertebrae all have different degrees of movement, so shaking diabolo is helpful to people's health. On May 20th, 2006, Diabolo was approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage, with the heritage number ⅵ-4.
Historical origin
Diabolo has a long history in China. Dong, in "The Scenery of the Imperial Capital: Springfield", recorded: "An empty bell is hollow in wood, and its side mouth is swung with asphalt, such as a bell protruding, and its handle is flat on it. Don't wind the rope around its handle. There is no hole in the bamboo ruler. Measure its rope to reach the empty clock, but the rope is pulled to the right and the bamboo is pulled to the left. The empty bell boomed, the big bell and the small frog flew, and a bell broke.
If the diameter is eight to nine inches, let go, one or three people. In ancient times, this so-called "empty clock" was commonly known as "pulling rope to turn" in Beijing, "boring gourd" in Tianjin and "ground clock" in some places. Li Jiarui's "Beiping Customs and Recreation" quoted an old man in the Qing Dynasty as saying: There are so-called "empty bells" in children's toys in Beijing, that is, ground bells in other provinces.
Bamboo tubes are used at both ends, pillars are used in the middle, and music is played with ropes. Only the empty clock in the capital (referring to Beijing) is round and flat, with two wheels on one axis. Its sound is clearer and longer than that produced in other provinces. "