Sanzao crane dance is a unique traditional dance performed only during the Spring Festival in Sanzao Town, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. It rose at the end of Song Dynasty and flourished in Tongzhi and Guangxu years of Qing Dynasty, with a history of 700 years.
Traditional three-stove crane dance performances include opening the light (a ceremony to pay homage to the "crane"), worshipping the elderly (celebrating the birthday of each family) and inserting feathers (in the past, crane clothes were burned at the entrance of the village on the fifteenth night of the first month, but in recent years, in order not to miss the farming season, it was changed to the seventh day of the first month). The performance was accompanied by gongs and drums, and occasionally auspicious "crane songs" were sung. The scene was cheerful and warm.
20 1 1 on may 23rd, 2008, the crane dance (three-stove crane dance) was approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council, and was listed in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage, with the heritage number of III-58.
Other cultural heritages in Zhuhai:
1. Water Marriage in Doumen: Water Marriage in Doumen is a traditional marriage custom of Yi people in Bai Jiao, Shangheng, Doumen, Ganwu and Jing 'an in Doumen District, Zhuhai. According to historical records, the Yi family lived in this area during the Ming Dynasty. In the early Qing Dynasty, the custom of water marriage began to be born in the Yi family here, and it matured during the reign of Guangxu, Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the custom of water marriage reached its peak in Shatian area of the Pearl River Delta.
2. Custom of loading mud fish: Loading mud fish is a traditional skill with local characteristics in Ganwu Town, Doumen District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. It originated in the thirty years of Qing Qianlong (1765), and flourished especially in Hushan Village, Lishan Village, Mashan Village, Wangshan Village, Dahaihuan Village and Shigou Village for more than two hundred years.
3. Shatian folk songs: Shatian folk songs originated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. They are sung in Guangzhou dialect, with the regional accent and vocabulary of Shatian, Zhuhai, and developed in folk activities such as marriage, mourning and offering sacrifices to gods.
4. Three-stove weaving: Three-stove weaving rose in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty (1522- 1566) and matured in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty (1875- 1908), and reached1949 after the founding of New China.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Three Stove Crane Dance.