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Intangible Heritage

Representative items of intangible cultural heritage in Lishui District. Each states its category, level, listing batch and guardian unit; level and batch follow the official lists, and anything the lists do not give is left to be filled in.

The district fourth batch is the January 2024 public-notice draft; entries say so and do not call it issued.

Published entries 　33 Content updated to 　2026-10-04

District level Traditional Crafts Bamboo Weaving A bamboo craft on the third-batch district ICH list Bamboo Weaving is on the third-batch district ICH list and is one of three examples cited in the body of the third-batch notice; the notice body and the appendix give different totals for the batch. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftHandicraft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Folk Customs and Temple Fairs Black Rice Festival A seasonal folk-custom item of Chenguo, Wucunqiao Village, Hefeng Town Black Rice Festival is a folk-custom item of Chenguo, Wucunqiao Village, Hefeng Town, Lishui District, included in the recommended list of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, with the Hefeng Town Cultural and Sports Centre as its recommended guardian. It is held each year on the seventh, eighth and ninth days of the fourth lunar month, three days together, joined to the custom of making black rice around the Dragon Boat Festival. Its origin is a folk legend and is set out separately from the documentary traces of the food. intangible cultural heritageFolk customFestivals Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Fine Arts Cloisonné Enamel Craft A traditional fine-art item submitted by Yongyang Subdistrict Cloisonné Enamel Craft is a traditional fine-art item submitted by Yongyang Subdistrict, Lishui District, included in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, which also names Zhang Juhua as a bearer. A provincial gazetteer-office article lists cloisonné enamel among Yongyang's crafts, confirming the locality. intangible cultural heritageTraditional fine artHandicraft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Fermented Rice Cake Craft A traditional leavened cake craft applied for by Jingqiao Town The Fermented Rice Cake Craft is a traditional craft applied for by Jingqiao Town, Lishui District, listed among the newly included projects of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024; no source describing its process has been found in this library. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Fushan Small-seeded Peanut Roasting Craft A traditional roasting craft for the small-seeded peanut of Fushan Village, Baima Town The Fushan Small-seeded Peanut Roasting Craft is a traditional roasting craft for the small-seeded peanut of Fushan Village, Baima Town, Lishui District, listed among the newly included projects of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, applied for by Baima Town. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Fine Arts Hefeng Divine Statue Carving A traditional fine-art item submitted by Hefeng Town Hefeng Divine Statue Carving is a traditional fine-art item submitted by Hefeng Town, Lishui District, included in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024. Wooden deity images are known in Hefeng's local Cishan worship, but no source in this library establishes a link to this item. intangible cultural heritageTraditional fine artWood carving Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Municipal level Dragon and Lantern Dance Helinfang Twin Dragons An item of the fifth municipal batch of representative ICH, number NJ-III-29 Helinfang Twin Dragons is an ICH item of Lishui District; a district culture and tourism bureau reply reports that it was reported for the municipal list in January 2023, and that batch was published by the municipal government under Ning Zheng Fa [2023] No. 11 as number NJ-III-29. Media reports trace it to the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty and describe it as two dragons, one blue and one yellow, needing more than 200 performers, circulating in Helinfang Village of Qingfeng Community, Honglan Subdistrict. Bearers and the guardian unit remain to be added. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceDragon dance Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Dragon and Lantern Dance Hucun Rolling Dragon A dragon-lantern dance tradition of Hucun, Honglan Subdistrict The Hucun Rolling Dragon is a traditional dance centred on the dragon-lantern gathering of Hucun in Honglan Subdistrict, Lishui District, listed as an extended project in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, applied for by Honglan Subdistrict. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceDragon dance Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Jinling Qipao Making A handicraft item submitted by the Lishui Development Zone Jinling Qipao Making is a traditional craft item submitted by the Lishui Development Zone administrative committee, included in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, which also names Tao Yumei as a bearer. The Tao Yumei Jinling Qipao workshop was named a municipal-level ICH workshop in 2025. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftHandicraft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Folk Customs and Temple Fairs Laba Lantern A revolving-lantern folk custom of Doumenxu Village, Kongzhen Community, Hefeng Town The Laba Lantern is a lantern folk custom of Hefeng Town, written by the press as "walking horse lantern (Laba Lantern)", listed in the recommended list of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, applied for by Hefeng Town. intangible cultural heritageFolk customLantern craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Provincial level Traditional Fine Arts Lishui Paper-cutting An item in the district's third batch of intangible cultural heritage, and an extension project of the fifth provincial batch Lishui Paper-cutting is a traditional fine art item in Lishui District's third batch of intangible cultural heritage, entered in November 2023 as the extension project "Paper-cutting (Lishui Paper-cutting)" in the fifth provincial batch, number JS-VI-5; the district list also records bearers including Li Xuejiao. intangible cultural heritageTraditional fine artPaper-cutting Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Lishui Rice Cake Craft A traditional craft of making cakes from rice flour, applied for by Jingqiao Town The Lishui Rice Cake Craft is a traditional craft applied for by Jingqiao Town, Lishui District, listed among the newly included projects of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024; this library holds other, differently worded names for a related item. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Lishui Traditional Brewing A brewing craft item submitted by Jingqiao Town Lishui Traditional Brewing is a traditional craft item submitted by Jingqiao Town, Lishui District, included in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024. Yuan Mei's Qing-dynasty recipe book records a Lishui custom of brewing a jar of wufan wine for a newborn daughter, the earliest record of brewing found in this library, though its link to this project is unproven. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftBrewing Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Fine Arts Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement A traditional fine-art item submitted by Yongyang Subdistrict Lishui Traditional Flower Arrangement is a traditional fine-art item submitted by Yongyang Subdistrict, Lishui District, included in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, which also names Zhu Yubi as a bearer. A provincial gazetteer-office article lists flower arrangement among Yongyang's crafts. intangible cultural heritageTraditional fine artFlower arrangement Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Lishui White Tea Craft A tea-making craft applied for by Hefeng Town The Lishui White Tea Craft is a tea craft applied for by Hefeng Town, Lishui District, listed among the newly included projects of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, and the only tea item among those applied for by the town in that batch. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard National level Dragon and Lantern Dance Luoshan Great Dragon A dragon dance of Luoshan Village, Hefeng Town, in the second national batch of intangible cultural heritage The Luoshan Great Dragon is a dragon dance of Luoshan Village in Hefeng Town, Lishui District, entered in 2008 in the second national list of intangible cultural heritage, item III-4, with the Nanjing Lishui District Cultural Centre as guardian unit. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceDragon dance Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Long-form District level Traditional Crafts Malt Sugar Making A sugar craft on the third-batch district ICH list Malt Sugar Making is on the third-batch district ICH list, with Jingqiao Town's Culture and Sports Centre as its guardian unit. A fourth-batch public notice of 2024 records Liu Ming as its bearer. Two documents both call themselves the third batch while listing different items, and they give different totals. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Dragon and Lantern Dance Mazhuang Dragon Lantern A dragon-lantern dance of Mazhuang, Xietang Community, Shiqiu Subdistrict The Mazhuang Dragon Lantern is a dragon-lantern dance of Mazhuang in Xietang Community, Shiqiu Subdistrict, Lishui District, listed as an extended project in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, applied for by Shiqiu Subdistrict. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceLantern craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Municipal level Traditional Crafts Mingjue Iron Painting Forging An entry in the first Nanjing municipal list of intangible cultural heritage, item code NJⅦ-19, guardian the Lishui District Cultural Centre Mingjue Iron Painting Forging appears in the first Nanjing municipal list of intangible cultural heritage (Ning Zheng Fa [2008] No. 6, published 2008, 87 items), item code NJⅦ-19, reported by Lishui County and guarded by the Lishui County Cultural Centre. The craft's founder is Tang Peng (courtesy name Tianchi), a native of Lishui who settled in Wuhu; Mingjue iron painting and Wuhu iron painting share an origin but are separate items. Its level is given both as municipal and as provincial in the sources, and both are set out here. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftIron painting Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Municipal level Traditional Crafts Mingjue Pickled Greens An item of the fifth municipal batch of representative ICH, number NJ-VII-62 Mingjue Pickled Greens Making is a district-level ICH item in Lishui. A district culture and tourism bureau reply reports that it entered the municipal ICH list in January 2023, and that batch has since been published by the municipal government under Ning Zheng Fa [2023] No. 11 as number NJ-VII-62. Liu Wenju is recorded as its district-level bearer. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Mingjue Wind-dried Fish Making A food craft from the Mingjue area of Shiqiu Subdistrict Mingjue Wind-dried Fish Making is on the third-batch district ICH list. Its bearer list records Liu Wenju as bearer of the Mingjue Pickled Greens and Wind-dried Fish project. The wind-dried fish is a local speciality of the Mingjue area by Lake Shijiu, made from bream; sources disagree on whether the fish is gutted, and this entry sets the accounts side by side. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Provincial level Folk Customs and Temple Fairs Putang Bridge Cishan Temple Fair A temple fair for Lord Cishan at Putang Bridge, Honglan Subdistrict, listed at provincial level in 2009 The Putang Bridge Cishan Temple Fair is held at Putang Bridge in Honglan Subdistrict, Lishui District. Legend places Lord Cishan's birthday on the 26th day of the third lunar month and the fair runs three days; media reports date its provincial listing to 2009. intangible cultural heritageFolk customTemple fair Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Long-form Municipal level Traditional Crafts Rui Family Hand-torn Chicken An item of the fifth municipal batch of representative ICH, number NJ-VII-61 Rui Family Hand-torn Chicken is a district-level ICH item in Lishui. A district culture and tourism bureau reply reports that it entered the municipal ICH list in January 2023, and that batch has since been published by the municipal government under Ning Zheng Fa [2023] No. 11, where the project is named Honglan Hand-torn Chicken Making, number NJ-VII-61. Rui Yongmei is recorded as its district-level bearer. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Traditional Crafts Shangfang Sweet Potato Noodle Craft A traditional handmade sweet potato noodle craft of Shangfang Village, Shiqiu Subdistrict The Shangfang Sweet Potato Noodle Craft is a traditional handmade noodle craft of Shangfang Village, Shiqiu Subdistrict, Lishui District, listed among the newly included projects of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, applied for by Shiqiu Subdistrict. intangible cultural heritageTraditional craftFood craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Municipal level Medicine, Songs and Legends Shiqiu Fishing Songs An item of the fifth municipal batch of representative ICH, number NJ-II-13 Shiqiu Fishing Songs is a district-level ICH item in Lishui. A district culture and tourism bureau reply reports that it entered the municipal ICH list in January 2023; that batch has since been published by the municipal government under Ning Zheng Fa [2023] No. 11, as number NJ-II-13, with the name written as Shijiu Fishing Songs. intangible cultural heritageTraditional musicFolk songs Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Municipal level Dragon and Lantern Dance Shrimp Lantern Dance An item of the fifth municipal batch of representative ICH, number NJ-III-33 Shrimp Lantern Dance is a district-level ICH item in Lishui. A district culture and tourism bureau reply reports that it entered the municipal ICH list in January 2023, and that batch has since been published by the municipal government under Ning Zheng Fa [2023] No. 11 as number NJ-III-33; the district list writes the name differently. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceLantern craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Medicine, Songs and Legends The Tale of Yiqidun A folk-literature item transmitted around Zhongyang Village, Hefeng Town The Tale of Yiqidun is a folk-literature item transmitted around Zhongyang Village, Hefeng Town, Lishui District, included in the recommended list of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, with the Hefeng Town Cultural and Sports Centre as its recommended guardian. It is said in local tradition that the Yiqidun mound is the joint tomb of Zuo Botao and Yang Jiao'ai, while specialists suspect it is in fact a mound tomb; the legend and the specialists' view are set out separately here. intangible cultural heritageFolk literatureLegends Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Municipal level Traditional Fine Arts Tiger-head Shoes An item of the fifth municipal batch of representative ICH, number NJ-VI-35 Tiger-head Shoes is an ICH item of Lishui District; a district culture and tourism bureau reply reports that it was reported for the municipal list in January 2023, and that batch was published by the municipal government under Ning Zheng Fa [2023] No. 11 as number NJ-VI-35, in the category of traditional fine art, with Lishui District as the applying area or unit. It belongs to traditional fine art rather than traditional techniques. The shape of the shoe pattern, the working steps and the bearers remain to be added; Tiger-head Shoes appeared as a traditional handicraft at a market at the Wufan festival in Hefeng Town in 2024, but that is a setting for display and sale and does not support inferences about form or process. intangible cultural heritageTraditional fine artMunicipal-level ICH Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Provincial level Dragon and Lantern Dance Xisong Horse-lantern Dance A horse-lantern dance of Xisong Village, Jingqiao Town, and an extension project of the fifth provincial batch The Xisong Horse-lantern Dance is a traditional dance of Xisong Village in Jingqiao Town, Lishui District, in the district's third batch of intangible cultural heritage, entered in November 2023 as the extension project "Bamboo Horse (Xisong Horse-lantern Dance)" in the fifth provincial batch, number JS-III-6; media reports place it among the guardian units publicised at provincial level in March 2024. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceHorse-lantern dance Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Dragon and Lantern Dance Yuancun Dragon Boat Rowing A traditional dance item around Yuancun, Dongping Subdistrict Yuancun Dragon Boat Rowing is a traditional dance item around Yuancun, Dongping Subdistrict, Lishui District, included in the recommended list of the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, with the Dongping Subdistrict Culture and Sports Station as its recommended guardian. Its prop is a "land boat" performed on dry ground, its main roles are the painted-face boatman, the boat woman and the punt-pole, and its songs are chiefly folk songs and ballads; it is not the same thing as dragon-boat racing on water at the Dragon Boat Festival. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceDragon boat Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard Provincial level Medicine, Songs and Legends Zhang Family Throat Clinic A Chinese medicine throat clinic at Zhetang Health Centre, and an extension project of the fifth provincial batch The Zhang Family Throat Clinic is a Chinese medicine clinic at Zhetang Health Centre, said in media reports to have been transmitted for four generations; in November 2023 it was entered as the extension project "Traditional Chinese Medicine Throat Therapy (Zhang Family Throat Therapy)" in the fifth provincial batch, number JS-VIII-8. intangible cultural heritageTraditional medicineChinese medicine Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Dragon and Lantern Dance Zhangjia Dragon Lantern A dragon-lantern dance of Zhangjia in Xiangyang Village, Shiqiu Subdistrict The Zhangjia Dragon Lantern is a dragon-lantern dance of Zhangjia in Xiangyang Village, Shiqiu Subdistrict, Lishui District, listed as an extended project in the district's fourth-batch ICH public notice of January 2024, applied for by Shiqiu Subdistrict. intangible cultural heritageTraditional danceLantern craft Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard District level Folk Customs and Temple Fairs Zhetang Shehuo Fire Festival A spring festival custom on the third-batch district ICH list The Zhetang Shehuo Fire Festival is a district-level ICH item in Lishui; the district list writes only Shehuo Fire Festival. It also appears on the district government Folk Customs page and in an agriculture bureau reply. intangible cultural heritageFolk customFestivals Confidence: Qualifiedunchecked Standard

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