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The Xitieying Huabo Drum Dance is a representative folk dance in Beijing, originally part of one of the thirteen martial arts troupes formed spontaneously by locals for temple fair pilgrimages during the Qing Dynasty. It is prevalent in Zhongding Village, under the administration of Xitieying Village Public Office in Nanyuan Township, Fengtai District. Locally, it is also known as the “Big Drum and Old Temple Fair” or the “Huabo Drum”. The name “Xitieying Huabo Drum” was officially adopted after the Beijing volume of the Collection of Chinese Ethnic and Folk Dances unified under the n...
Meng Village Land Boat is a form of folk culture performance where participants simulate the act of rowing and steering a boat on land. The performance typically involves a “helmsman” who leads the way, making rowing gestures as if navigating a boat. The “passengers” on the boat perform a rapid, shuffling step, creating the illusion of a boat gliding smoothly over water, vividly portraying the scene of a boat moving along a river.Land boat performances usually take place in rural areas, especially during the Chinese Lunar New Year. The performances start on the first day of the Lunar Ne...
Shadow puppetry, which originated during the Western Han Dynasty (BC202-AC8), has a history of thousand years. It is a traditional folk theater where stories are told by projecting silhouettes of characters made from animal hides or cardboard onto a screen, using light. The puppeteers manipulate the figures from behind the screen while narrating the story through local tunes, accompanied by percussion and string instruments. This simple yet charming art form has long been beloved by audiences.When it comes to Beijing shadow puppetry, almost all older Beijingers are familiar with it. There w...
The Ruins of the Central Capital of the Jin Dynasty is located in the Lize Business District of Fengtai District, Beijing. It is made of three remains which respectively located in Fenghuangzui village, Wanquansi village and Gao Lou village. The Jin Dynasty moved its capital from Shangjing, which is Acheng District in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, to Yanjing, which is now called Beijing, and renamed it as Zhongdu. It is the first time that Beijing became the capital of a China. This is also an event of great significance in Beijing’s urban development. From then on, Beijing has become the...
The site of the February seventh Great Strike at Changxindian, located in Changxindian Town, Fengtai District, Beijing, includes the Modern Architectural Remains in Erqi Locomotive Plant, the Site of Changxindian Workers’ School, the Site of Changxindian Workers’ Club, the Site of Changxindian Workers’ Evening School, the Site of the Police Station, the Site of Changxindian Preparatory School for Students Going to France for Work-Study Programs, and the Changxindian Cemetery for the February seventh Strike Martyrs.The Site of the February Seventh Great Strike at Changxindian is one of th...
The Modern Architectural Remains in Erqi Locomotive Plant are located at No. 1 Yanggongzhuang, Fengtai District, where there are eight buildings preserved. Among them, seven are office buildings and one is a workshop. As for the office buildings, six are in French style and one is in Belgian style. The buildings are constructed with plain brick walls, two-slope roofs covered with iron-sheet tiles, and are decorated by modern doors and windows. The triangular mountain flowers on the gables and molding are decorated around all, with a circular fan in the center. The production plant is a typi...
The Site of Changxindian Workers’ School is located at No.1 east ancestral hall hutong, Zhongduan Road, Changxindian street, Fengtai district, with a floor area of 172 square meters. After the early Communist organization in Beijing was established in 1920, Deng Zhongxia and others set up the Changxindian Workers’ School to promote workers’ movements. The teachers at the school were mainly dispatched by the early Communist organization in Beijing. The school started by raising the cultural level of workers and then conducted Marxist propaganda to inspire the consciousness of the working ...
The Site of Changxindian Workers’ Club is located at No. 174 Changxindian Street, Fengtai District, with a floor area of 205 square meters. During the Republican period, this site was Liujia Iron Shop. In October 1921, the Changxindian Railway Workers’ Union was reorganized as the Changxindian Workers’ Club, and moved to this location. The first preparatory meeting of the Beijing-Hankou Railway General Union was held here in April 1922. In August 1922, there was the Changxindian Railway Workers’ Strike and in February 1923, the Changxindian workers participated in the Beijing-Hankou Rai...
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