Zhulang niangmei

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: zhulang niangmei

Applicant: Congjiang County, Guizhou Province

Project No.: 560

Project No.: i-73

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Guizhou Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Congjiang County, Guizhou Province

Protection unit: Congjiang Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center

About zhulang niangmei:

Applicant: Congjiang County, Guizhou Province

The Dong folk story zhulang niangmei originated from Guzhou (now Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province), then spread to the Dong areas in Liping, Congjiang and other counties in Guizhou Province, and then spread to Sanjiang, Longsheng, Rongshui, Hunan Tongdao and other Dong inhabited counties in Guangxi.

Zhulang niangmei tells a touching love story between the hardworking and plain young man zhulang and the clever and beautiful girl niangmei. She was adapted into Dong folk art and Dong opera, and made into a stage art film of the same name, which was shown nationwide.

Dong folk story zhulang niangmei is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the Dong people. It penetrates into various forms of Dong literature and art works and becomes the representative of Dong traditional folk art works. It has a great educational role for Dong People's future generations and has important research value in ethnology, folklore, linguistics, ethics, aesthetics and inter ethnic cultural and artistic exchanges.