The intangible cultural heritage represented by Leshan in Sichuan includes Emei martial arts, Emeishan Buddhist music, Xiangjia Ban lion dance, etc.
Emei Martial Arts: According to historical records, Emei Martial Arts originated from the Yin Shang Dynasty and was developed in the Southern Song Dynasty. It experienced the mutual integration, infiltration and struggle of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and other religious and martial arts cultures in Mount Emei. It has promoted its own development and has gathered the essence of Buddhism and Taoism martial arts and culture to form its own system. It has both Buddhist Zen skills and Taoist Qigong. It is one of the great treasures of Chinese martial arts.
Buddhist music of Mount Emei: During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhist music of Mount Emei was introduced to Mount Emei along with Buddhism. It was preserved through oral transmission and heart-to-heart teachings through collective enrichment and perfection by monks in Mount Emei for thousands of years. In temple music, most of the lyrics adopt the format of old-style lyrics. The modes are mainly Gong mode and Zheng mode. The melody gives people a feeling of quietness, solemnity and solemnity.
Xiangjiaban Lion Dance: After more than two hundred years of inheritance and development, Jiaban Lion Dance insists on carefully studying the life characteristics of lions, absorbing their essence, and focusing on the lion’s jumping, leaping, turning, rolling, The artistic processing and innovation of representative movements such as fluttering perfectly express the lion's emotions of joy, anger, sadness and joy, forming the characteristics of Xiangjia Ban Lion Dance that are flexible, vivid, majestic and healthy.
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage
On October 17, 2003, the 32nd General Conference of UNESCO adopted the "Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage", and China joined in 2004 Convention, Chapter 4 of the Convention specifies the protection of intangible cultural heritage at the international level. The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, elected by the members of the State Party, nominates, compiles and updates the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, intangible cultural heritage in urgent need of protection. Cultural heritage lists, plans, projects and activities for the protection of intangible cultural heritage.
As of December 1, 2022, UNESCO’s 2003 Convention list*** contains 676 heritage items, corresponding to 140 countries. Among them, there are 76 items on the Urgent Protection List, corresponding to 40 countries; 567 items on the Representative Works List, corresponding to 136 countries; and 33 items on the Excellent Practice List, corresponding to 31 countries.