Residents of Los Angeles line up to experience Hezes intangible cultural heritage

On September 26th local time, in front of the lawn of the Yacadia City Government in Los Angeles, the "Joyful Mid-Autumn Festival" event was underway. Many friends from various countries gathered together to enjoy the full moon and celebrate the festival. The traditional intangible cultural heritages of Caozhou Paper Mache and Sugar Painting from the Luxi New District of Shandong Province made a stunning appearance, captivating overseas people with their unique Eastern charm. A long queue of people gathered to experience the event, making it the highlight of this Mid-Autumn Festival activity.

This overseas Mid-Autumn Festival friendship event was rich in content and had a warm atmosphere. A series of colorful and diverse activities such as admiring the full moon, tasting mooncakes, and watching special cultural performances were staged one after another, allowing overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese to feel the deep warmth of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and allowing foreign friends to immerse themselves in the unique charm of traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn culture.

The most popular area at the event was the exhibition stand for the intangible cultural heritages of Heze. The representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritages from the Luxi New District of Heze, Shi Zhenshan and Shi Haifeng, performed on the spot. Their fingertips moved skillfully, showcasing the ancient charm of the art. The representative inheritor of Caozhou Paper Mache intangible cultural heritage, Shi Zhenshan, was proficient in his techniques and exquisite skills. Through kneading, pinching, rolling, and pressing, the various colors of dough instantly transformed into lively and lifelike traditional folk shapes, such as traditional folk figures and auspicious flowers and birds. The delicate workmanship and vivid forms amazed onlookers.

The representative inheritor of Caozhou Sugar Painting, Shi Haifeng, used a spoon as a pen and sugar as ink, flowing gracefully on the smooth stone plate, sketching out lively and unique traditional patterns and auspicious designs. The hot sugar liquid instantly solidified into a golden and transparent sugar painting, exuding a sweet aroma and being exquisite and beautiful. It combined visual appeal and fun, attracting onlookers to stop and watch.

The exquisite intangible cultural heritages amazed and impressed the foreign friends and Chinese overseas residents at the scene. People lined up orderly, eager to observe, learn, and experience the intangible cultural heritages. They enthusiastically received the intangible cultural heritages such as paper mache and sugar painting. Whether it was innocent children or foreign friends and overseas Chinese who came for admiration, everyone immersed themselves in the profoundness of Chinese traditional handicrafts and touched the warmth and essence of Chinese intangible cultural heritage.

The appearance of the Heze intangible cultural heritages at the Mid-Autumn Festival event in Los Angeles built a friendly bridge for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. The original and authentic traditional intangible cultural heritages of Caozhou, going abroad and blooming in overseas countries, not only added a rich traditional cultural color to the Mid-Autumn Festival abroad, but also told the Chinese traditional stories and spread Chinese excellent traditional culture through vivid and lively intangible cultural heritage carriers. Letting the thousand-year-old intangible cultural heritage skills regain new vitality in foreign countries, effectively enhancing the overseas influence and dissemination power of Heze intangible cultural heritage.