Shandong Culture

Ancient wood-cut toys still popular in Southern Shandong

2015-08-11

Tancheng wood-cut toys are a traditional handicraft, originating in Southern Shandong province. Its long history is also rich in local flavor.
Students fashion heritage artworks for modern tastes

2015-08-05

Shandong art university program teaches how to produce new designs from traditional forms
Weifang invests in rich cultural heritage

2015-07-29

The hometown of many of China's leading artists and cultural scholars including Mo Yan, the country's first winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature, Weifang is a recognized city of culture whose government has been making efforts to improve local cultural and tourism facilities and services.
Kite-making helps city soar

2015-07-29

In Weifang, Shandong province, kites are not just toys. They symbolize both culture and an industry for the city.
Songcheng performers keep cultural heritage items alive

2015-07-08

Wearing a comedic bright pink and green costume, 70-year-old street dancer Li Guangwu rolls forward, backward and sideways, and does the splits, as he plays an old woman trying to catch a butterfly.
Intangible cultural heritage: Haiyang yangge (folk dance)

2015-03-17

The Haiyang yangge group includes three parts - leader, music band and dancers.
Intangible cultural heritage: Penglai daganhao (bugle)

2015-03-13

Pengaidaganhao, also called a bugle or horn, is a copper-pipe musical instrument without holes.