What level of intangible cultural heritage does Wanrong joke belong to?

Which level of intangible cultural heritage does Wanrong Joke belong to: National level.

Wanrong Jokes are introduced as follows:

Joke (Wanrong Jokes), folk literature in Wanrong County, Shanxi Province, is one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

Wanrong jokes are a folk language art form with unique regional cultural characteristics based on the cultural background of Wanrong County, Shanxi. It is a cultural "local specialty" born and raised in Shanxi; it is lively and interesting, Witty and humorous; it comes from the funny words and deeds of people's lives. It is a masterpiece of oral creation by the people in Wanrong and Hedong areas, and is widely spread in Shanxi and all over the country.

The origin of Wanrong jokes is introduced as follows:

The historical origin of Wanrong jokes can be traced back to the "72 Earning Stories" in Xiecun, Ronghe County in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. At that time, Xiecun was a large village with prosperous economy and developed culture. There were many educated people in the village, and the villagers were kind, humorous and loved to tell jokes.

Because the protagonist reflected in the joke is stubborn, stubborn, stubborn, accepting death, disobedient to others, and competitive, it was called Xie Cunzuo at that time. These jokes are spread orally, and are constantly added to and refined to make them more perfect and become people's favorite repertoire.

The characteristics of Wanrong jokes are introduced as follows:

As an art form, Wanrong jokes belong to a kind of folk literature and art, so they do not require that they actually happen in life. The content is often compiled by people based on certain anecdotes of life. Therefore, from the perspective of creative motivation, it is an art form that satisfies the needs of spiritual entertainment in a ridiculing way.

In the history of Wanrong County, the story of the Seventy-Two Battles of Ronghe River was widely circulated in Wanquan and Ronghe areas, setting the precedent for today's Wanrong jokes. Based on the "fighting for energy" characteristics of the story of the Seventy-two Rong River Wars, people developed, created, multiplied, and sublimated the Wanrong joke that is more popular and more popular today.

It can be said that it is an art form that the masses absorb from their own colorful lives and use it to meet their own spiritual life needs. It is created by countless people in long-term social life. , and was spread by countless people. Therefore, Wanrong jokes are the creation of the collective wisdom and collective labor of the broad masses of the people, and they have the characteristics of extensiveness and mass nature.