Zuogezhuang Club

Name of Chinese national intangible cultural heritage: zuogezhuang Club

Applicant: Wen'an County, Hebei Province

Project No.: 818

Project No.: VI - 46

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional sports, recreation and acrobatics

Region: Hebei Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Wen'an County, Hebei Province

Protected by: Wenan County Cultural Center, Hebei Province

Introduction to zuogezhuang Club:

Applicant: Wen'an County, Hebei Province

Zuogezhuang club is a kind of traditional sports spread in Wen'an area of Hebei Province. Different from other club clubs in other regions, zuogezhuang club mainly uses live sticks and can perform with tree trunks anytime and anywhere. The main technical movements include straightening (single and double), stringing, folding fish with one arm, catching three Dao Liang, turning back, sleeping in circles, hanging feet (single and double), inverted feet, turning feet, hanging heels (single and double), sticky sugar man, hand waving flag, foot waving flag, donkey rolling, Golden Rooster independence, playing Liuxing, single horizontal stick, etc.

From the perspective of instruments and performance content, zuogezhuang club has a close relationship with the acrobatic club in the yuan and Ming Dynasties. It is highly skilled and has a strict way of inheritance. It has a high academic value in the study of the evolution of ancient Chinese acrobatic art. Zuogezhuanggan Club inherits and survives in the folk in a unique way, which contains rich folk information and precious materials for the study of folk culture.

Nowadays, the club has been inherited for many years. The younger generation do not like to learn. Few young people can inherit the club completely. Zuogezhuang club is in urgent need of rescue and protection.