The Department of Culture and Tourism of Zhejiang Province recently announced the list of “Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in Zhejiang Province” in 2021, Taishun County won the “Hometown of Folk Culture and Art of Zhejiang Province” with the “Taishun Puppet Show” project, and Siqian She Nationality Town of Taishun County was selected as the “Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in Zhejiang Province” in 2021 with the “She Ethnic Culture” project.
It is understood that the Taishun Yaofa puppet show, the Taishun puppet show and the Taishun puppet head carving were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list and the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in 2006, 2011 and 2014 respectively. In 2011, the folk songs of the Taishun She ethnic group were included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and the marriage customs of the Taishun She ethnic group and the third batch of Taishun She ethnic group were included in the third batch and the fourth batch of Zhejiang Province’s intangible cultural heritage protection list in 2009 and 2012 respectively.
In recent years, Taishun County has taken the improvement of the construction of four inheritance mechanisms, including “outreach exchange”, “living experience”, “childlike heart project” and “paid apprenticeship”, and has made every effort to promote the living inheritance of Taishun puppet performance, and achieved obvious results. In order to better build the She’s culture, Siqian She’s Nationality Town, Taishun County, specially introduced the famous She-ethnic singer Lan Yongxiao, cultivated Lan Yucong, Lan Xiaolu and other provincial, municipal and county Shege non-genetic inheritors, and encouraged them to make full use of public cultural resources such as township comprehensive cultural stations, rural cultural auditoriums, and cultural post stations, and continuously carry forward and inherit She’s culture through lectures, training, exchanges and other forms.
It is reported that the naming of “Hometown of Folk Culture and Art in Zhejiang Province” implements dynamic management and is reviewed every two years. In recent years, Taishun County has vigorously cultivated local characteristic cultural brands, comprehensively launched brand projects such as “puppet show” and “She ethnic culture”, promoted the prosperity and development of folk culture and art, enriched and enlivened the cultural life of the grassroots people, and promoted the high-quality development of public cultural services.