Hebei Museum (4): Intangible Cultural Heritage Reception Room

Hebei has a long history and a splendid culture. At present, Hebei has 8 items listed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List, 163 national-level representative items of intangible cultural heritage, and 990 provincial-level representative items of intangible cultural heritage. The 8 UNESCO intangible cultural heritage items in Hebei, according to various online sources, are roughly: Hebei Bangzi Opera, Wuqiao Acrobatics, Wuqiang New Year Pictures, Tangshan Shadow Puppetry, Jingxing Flower Drum, Paper Cutting (Weixian Paper Cutting, Fengning Manchu Paper Cutting), Hengshui Inside Painting, and Yang Style Tai Chi. The entire exhibition hall is designed in a situational style, with multiple sections such as Pear Garden Rural Charm, Hundred Crafts, Encountering Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Intangible Cultural Heritage Travel, offering rich content and various interesting forms like blind box shopping, prop experiences, live audio-visuals, and internet celebrity check-ins. Here, you can appreciate the representative famous kilns and porcelains of the province, such as Ding Kiln, one of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, Xing Kiln which initiated the pattern of Southern Green and Northern White, and Cizhou Kiln which has been continuously firing for a thousand years, each with its own unique characteristics. Here, you can encounter the most exquisite intangible cultural heritage creative products in the province, such as Kesi earrings, carved lacquer bracelets, filigree inlaid pendants, ethnic style cloth shoes, cotton woven scarves, and famous porcelain tea sets. Here, you can listen to the most popular dramas and folk arts, such as the classic Hebei Bangzi Opera, Pingju Opera, and Shadow Puppetry, as well as local specialties like Wooden Clapper Drum and Xihe Drum. Here, you can also enjoy the most flavorful folk dances and acrobatics, fully appreciating the unique folk performing arts and various stunts of Hebei Province. Hebei Museum