Suqiao flying fork Club

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Suqiao flying fork Club

Applicant: Wen'an County, Hebei Province

Project No.: 827

Project No.: VI - 55

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

Brief introduction of Suqiao flying fork meeting:

Applicant: Wen'an County, Hebei Province

Suqiao flying fork association was founded in Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty. It was widely spread in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Jin Wenbin, Suqiao Town, Wen'an County, Hebei Province, connected the preceding with the following, integrated the three skills of Tongbei, Taiji and Huacha, and founded Suqiao flying fork club. Later on, Jin Yueting, di Xipeng, Zhao Jingtian, Wang Shufang and so on.

In addition to performing on the ground, Suqiao flying fork can also perform single fork and double fork on the bench with both legs. Flying fork performance is divided into single dance fork, double dance fork, and several person to person dance. The routine names include Yunluo sword, flying dragon rolling on the ground, embracing the moon in the arms, building bridges for strong men, meteor fire fork, charming dumb fork, etc. the whole performance fork turns with people, people turn with the fork, flying up and down, which is dazzling and can be called beautiful.

All the members of Suqiao flying fork club are farmers. Flying fork performance greatly enriches the cultural life of urban and rural people, and has a good role in promoting the construction of a harmonious society. However, with the development and change of rural economy, it has become a common phenomenon for farmers to engage in commercial trade and labor export in the slack season. In addition, there is a certain danger in the flying fork performance, so the inheritance of Suqiao flying fork is seriously hindered, which needs to be protected.