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Yichang Sizhu (Southern Chinese Silk and Bamboo Music)

The famous term 'sizhu', literally translates to 'silk and bamboo' and refers to the ancient use of stringed instruments with silk strings, including theerhu,pipa, and yangqin, and wind instruments made of bamboo, including thedizi(bamboo flute) and the sheng.

Jingzhou Flower-Drum Opera

The Jingzhou flower-drum opera is one of the major local operas in Hubei province.

Wudang Mountain Taoist Music

Wudang Mountain Taoist Temple is a sacred site of Taoism, and even before the Ming Dynasty, it was honored as the birthplace of the Great Perfect Warrior Emperor of the Mysterious Northern Heaven.

Hubei, cradle of the Chu culture

The Chu Culture is one of the most important parts of the Chinese Culture.

Shadow play, Hubei intangible cultural heritage

A white screen, a flame, some music and a few flat puppets that move and tell a story composed shadow play, a traditional Chinese folk art with a history of more than 2,000 years.

Chuju Opera Theater of Hubei Province

Chuju Opera is one of the main local opera varieties in Hubei Province.Theater has created, collected and transplanted more than one hundred operas.

Wuhan Acrobatics Troupe

The Wuhan Acrobatics Troupe, founded in September 1953, is one of the earliest acrobatic troupes in thePeople's Republic of China.