Traditions of Shanghai
14 traditions tied to Shanghai.
🇦🇴 Luanda, Angola and 4 moreKizomba
A close, slow couple dance from Angola, named after a Kimbundu word for partyPerformance
🇨🇳 Beijing, China and 2 moreChinese opera戲曲 / 戏曲 (xìqǔ)
A sung, danced and acrobatic theatre from China, in over a hundred regional stylesPerformance
🇹🇼 Yilan, Taiwan and 4 moreTaiwanese opera歌仔戲
A Taiwanese theatrical art of Hokkien balladry, stylized staging, and expressive song.Performance
🇨🇳 Beijing, China and 1 morePeking opera京剧 / 京劇 (Jīngjù)
China's main opera form: song, dance and acrobatics tell the story on a bare stagePerformance
🇨🇳 China and 2 moreCantonese opera粵劇
One of the major forms of Chinese opera, sung in Cantonese in southern ChinaPerformance
🇨🇳 Shanghai, ChinaSeal carving篆刻
The Chinese craft of engraving characters and personal emblems into stone stamping sealsCraft
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Kizomba: Obe Images, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chinese opera: https://www.flickr.com/photos/univers-finder/, CC BY 2.0, source
- Taiwanese opera: Sean Chiu, CC BY 4.0, source
- Peking opera: Art Poskanzer, CC BY 2.0, source
- Cantonese opera: Roland Tanglao, CC BY 2.0, source
- Seal carving: Cyclohexane233, CC BY-SA 4.0, source