Doors to Diplomacy Participants

Pingluo County Vocational Education Center (2015 CyberFair Project ID 7995)
China, Ningxia, Shizuishan
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms

We estimate 3 student(s) from 14 to 16 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Ningxia is one of the cradles of Chinese culture, the silk road went through Ningxia Where became an important joint point of traffic and trade between west and east of China. As an area having the Yellow River flow through, Ningxia also has China’s ancient civilization. Human beings lived in Ningxia from 3 thousand years age. A.D. 1038. The Western Xia Dynasty was build by Li Yuanhao, the leader of TangGu Te, and Xixia culture was formed. Ningxia is known as “Southern Frontier”. Yinchuan is the provincial seat of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Helan County, a county in the administrative area of the Yinchuan City,is located at the northern of Ningxia. Helan county was set up in the western Han Dynasty, called Lian County; Qing Yongzheng 2 years,called Ningxia County; in 1941, renamed Helan County. By 2013, Helan County covers a total area of 1599 square kilometers, pop. 235,578, jurisdiction over the region 4 towns, 1 townships, 2 farms, 1 street committee.

Project Description: At present, with the increase of the industrial culture and the rapid steps of village urbanization, a lot of non-material cultural heritages have lost and flowed away. With the making of this subject, we want to carry forward the pursuit for spirit of shadow play by the shadow play family. We wish that our subject can enhance a better development of shadow play in Ningxia region, to make shadow play walk toward the whole world.

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