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Intangible cultural heritage dances in the China League One! Wang Qingnong music and dance adds color to Yanbian football

11:36pm, 27 May 2025【Football】

On May 26, during the intermission of the China League One match between the Yanbian Longding Kexi'an team and the Dingnan Gan United team at home, 40 actors from the Wangqing County Cultural Center presented a wonderful performance of the Chinese Korean agricultural music dance (elephant hat dance). This performance, filled with strong national style, instantly ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, and the applause and cheers intertwined into a boiling ocean. In the performance, the actors wore traditional elephant hats with colorful long streamers, and skillfully swung their heads to the cheerful rhythm. The ribbons drew a beautiful spiral trajectory in the air like a lively rainbow. The passionate sound of suona, sonorous drum beats and crisp gongs are intertwined into a passionate music, perfectly blending with the dancers' agile steps, showing the vigorous vitality of Korean traditional art to the fullest. During the audience, many fans couldn't help but raise their phones to record this wonderful moment, and praise came one after another.

Chinese Korean agricultural music dance (elephant hat dance) is a comprehensive national culture and art that integrates music, dance and drama. In 2006, it was included in the national representative project of intangible cultural heritage, and in 2009, it was included in the UNESCO's "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Humanity". As a protection unit for the Chinese Korean agricultural music dance (elephant hat dance), Wangqing County Cultural Center brought dance into the professional football arena, which not only cheered the team, but also allowed fans across the country to intuitively feel the charm of Yanbian intangible cultural heritage. The person in charge of the Wangqing County Cultural Center said: "This time, the elephant hat dance was brought to the football field to help the hometown team with the 'beauty of culture'. I hope that through the sports event platform, more people can understand the unique style of Chinese Korean culture."