Arts and traditions
Sights
The Flower Ballad (ICH)
Updated: 2013-10-29The Flower Ballad, always sung outside villages, is commonly known as 'wild music'. The ballad spread through eight nationalities in Gansu, Qinghai,Xinjiang provinces and Ningxia Hui autonomous region, and combined with local Chinese dialects.
Shadow play (ICH)
Updated: 2013-10-29
Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment that uses flat articulated figures (shadow puppets) to create the impression of moving humans and other three-dimensional objects.