Pingnan Siping Opera, also known as “Shumin Opera” and “Minbei Siping Opera”, is still being practiced today at Longtan Village, Pingnan County.
The residents in Pingnan in the Mandarin Duck Creek township have carried on a tradition of making glutinous paste.The tradition welcomes the advent of the New Year and also foreshadows the later approach of Spring Festival.
The residents in Pingnan in the Mandarin Duck Creek township have carried on a tradition of making glutinous paste.The tradition welcomes the advent of the New Year and also foreshadows the later approach of Spring Festival.
Since the Song and Ming dynasties, in order to save their efforts, the ancestors generally used the water pestles to make paper.
The Dragon Dance can be dated back to the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty 600 years ago.
Since the Tang and Song dynasties of yore, Pingnan's ancestors moved from Qinguan and Huanghuai areas of Center Plain to Pingnan.
New Year's Eve is also called the Night of the 29th or 30th, when everlasting lamps shall be lit in the hall until the 4th of January of the next year after receiving the Kitchen God.
Jixia Village in Gantang Township, Pingnan County is an amazing, watery village.
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