Wanrong jokes belong to that level.

Wanrong joke belongs to the national intangible cultural heritage project.

On the east bank of the Yellow River where the Fenhe River meets the Yellow River, there is a county town full of wisdom and humor-Shanxi Wanrong. Jokes are the most striking business cards in this county. This traditional oral literature performance art, which originated in the fields, has now become a national intangible cultural heritage.

Wanrong joke is a folk language art form based on Wanrong County, Shanxi Province, with unique regional cultural characteristics, and it is a "local product" of local culture in Shanxi Province. It is lively and interesting, humorous; It comes from humorous words and deeds in people's lives, and is a masterpiece of oral creation by people in Wanrong and Hedong areas, which is widely spread.

On June 7th, 2008, Wanrong Joke was approved by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage, with the heritage number I-84.

Inheritance of graceful jokes

As a national intangible cultural heritage, Wanrong Joke has two inheritors, Jie Fangbei, 82, and Wang Keqin, 72. The liberation of the elderly is mainly based on the study of literature and history, and has been engaged in related cultural collation for decades. It is a walking dictionary of Wanrong jokes. Over the years, he traced the origin of Wanrong jokes and presented the ins and outs of this intangible cultural heritage to the public.

Wang Keqin focuses on performance. Every joke is handy, the oral literature is vividly interpreted, and lectures are held in class to inherit this cultural heritage.

Graceful jokes are often based on human mistakes and common faults. In Wanrong County, there is a "China's first wooden pagoda"-Feiyun Pagoda, which is called "South Pagoda and North Pagoda" together with the world's highest pure wooden pagoda-Yingxian Pagoda, which is a national key protected cultural relic. In Feiyun Building, Mr. Wang Keqin told a joke casually, which made everyone laugh.

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