Xian History and Culture
In northern China, there is a city known as the "World Historical City". It is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation, the starting point of the Silk Road, and the longest established capital among the six ancient capitals of China. It is Xi'an. Compared to this name, its previous name - Chang'an - seems more charming, as if it has traveled back in time and space to that prosperous era.
Dialect
Qin Opera, which is popular in Guanzhong and Northwest China, is also called Luantan, or "Bangzi Opera", commonly known as "Guangguangzi".Shaanxi dialect, one of the official dialects in the Central Plains represented by Guanzhong dialect and Xi'an dialect, although deeply influenced by Mandarin, still retains some ancient pronunciation and usage of words.
Drama
Qin Opera, popular in Shaanxi and the northwest, is the oldest, richest and largest vocal system among the four major tunes of Chinese opera.The Nuo dance, which originated in the hometown of Zhong Kui in Zhouzhi County, is a living fossil of Chinese opera dance. Nuo is the ancestor of traditional Chinese medicine.The performance of Qin Opera has its own style. The role system includes four major lines, namely, Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Each line is divided into several types, collectively known as the "thirteen headed net"。On May 20, 2006, Qin Opera was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. On June 8, 2007, Xi'an Qin Opera House in Shaanxi Province won the first Cultural Heritage Day Award issued by the Ministry of Culture.
Drawing
The Chang'an School of Chinese painting, the Guanzhong shadow puppetry originating before the Han Dynasty, the Shaanxi puppetry originating from the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the colorful peasant paintings of the hometown of Zhong Kui in Huyi District are all indispensable and important components of Xi'an culture.In the 1960s, a Xi'an art group represented by Zhao Wangyun and Shi Lu organized a touring exhibition in Beijing and other places. They featured landscape paintings depicting the ancient and stubborn nature of the Loess Plateau, as well as figure paintings depicting hardworking and simple farmers in northern Shaanxi, known as the "Chang'an School of Painting".