Folk art is also deeply rooted, and it is one of the first towns to win the title of "hometown of ethnic folk art in Guangdong Province". There are not only rich cultural connotations, but also a variety of folk arts, such as iron puppets, Chaozhou gongs and drums, Chaozhou opera, Chaozhou music, song and dance, lion dance, waist drum dance, porcelain inlaid with gray carvings, wood carving, gardening and so on. Moreover, there are many talented people, including famous artists of the older generation, even masters, artistic rookies of young children, and Longge Puppet Troupe, which has won the highest international award.
Chaozhou gongs and drums, Chaozhou opera, Chaozhou music and Chaozhou music have a long history in Jin Shizhen. Here, almost every village has a drama club. Every festival, it must be performed on a high platform for more than three nights. During the Cultural Revolution, the drama clubs in Shangguan Road and Sanxiang took the lead in transplanting the revolutionary model operas of Beijing Opera into Chaozhou Opera and rehearsing their performances, which enlivened the local cultural life. After the reform and opening up, although the number of regular troupes has increased to meet the needs of the people, folk troupes have stopped performing, but the voices of Chaozhou opera singing and Chaozhou songs are still endless. The activities of the folk tide music club are flourishing and continue to this day. They often organize groups to participate in festivals and celebrations in cities and districts, and study skills outside and outside the town to improve their performance. 1In August, 1994, a music association was established in the town, which enabled folk music activities to have their own organizations.
Other folk arts are also rich and colorful. In recent ten years, Jin Shizhen's singing and dancing team has been indispensable for our city's cultural parades. Hu Mei Village and Laicuo Village in this town have inherited the eight generations, four hundred years, six generations and three hundred years respectively, and produced a group of artistic rookies such as Lu and Lai Sen River, who are praised as "woodcarving veterans" by Nanfang Daily. The art of making flower heads and flower screens in Hu Mei Village is unique and famous. The flower gardening in Wengcuo Village enjoys a high reputation in eastern Guangdong ... Jin Shizhen's agriculture is very distinctive. Grain harvest year after year, maintaining the title of Tonggu Town, Chaozhou oranges, carambolas, bananas and other famous fruits are also very famous. Planting flowers is even more famous. Wengcuo Village within its jurisdiction has been planting flowers and trees for more than 400 years, and the flower and tree planting industry in the town has formed a certain scale; Planting varieties have changed from a single herb and woody to vines, perennial roots, bulbs, succulents and so on. And formed more than 800 varieties in five categories: Spring Festival flowers, green seedlings, fresh cut flowers, shade ornamental plants, orchids and bonsai, among which "classical big tree stump (landscape tree)" belongs to Chaoshan area.
Farmers in Jin Shizhen have been planting and managing flowers and trees for more than 400 years. The town is an important flower planting base and trading distribution center in eastern Guangdong and even Guangdong Province. There are many flower farmers engaged in flower management here, and nurseries can be seen everywhere. There are many kinds of flowers and trees planted locally, including vines, perennial roots, bulbs and succulents. , complete categories, forming more than 65,438+0,000 varieties in five categories: seasonal flowers, fresh cut flowers, green trees, shade ornamental plants and bonsai.
In recent years, the party committee and government of this town have actively encouraged and guided local farmers to vigorously develop characteristic industries and continuously expand the scale of flower and tree planting, which has gradually become an important pillar industry of this town and effectively promoted the all-round economic development of Tianjin.
At the end of the Lunar New Year, Jin Shizhen will hold a Spring Festival market. Compared with 20 13, the second winter jasmine market, the whole flower market covers an area of more than 300 mu, lined up along the Jinshi section of Chaoshan Highway. The flower market covers an area of more than 300 mu, with 0/30 booths 1.5 km, which brings together nearly 400 kinds of exotic flowers and herbs from Korea, Japan, Singapore, Fujian, Taiwan Province and other places, attracting many customers to enjoy and buy.