Cangxian County is located in the southeast of Hebei Province, in the east of the Central Hebei Plain, with Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and the Bohai Sea in the east. Its geographical coordinates are 38°5′ to 38°3′ north latitude, and 116°27′ to 117°9 east longitude. 'between.

Acrobatic "Drilling the Barrel"

The acrobatic "Drilling the Barrel" was created by the famous acrobat Li Zengfu. Li Zengfu was born in Lisanqiao Village, Zhifangtou Township in 1927. He has been practicing Shaolin martial arts since he was a child. At the age of 15, he was proficient in Shaolin kicking, boxing, spear and sword dancing. After joining the Cang County Circus in 1956, he created a unique national show "Drilling the Barrel" and became a unique acrobatic flower at that time. Later, "Drilling the Barrel" became the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe's repertoire when visiting foreign countries.

Folk Lion Dance

The Cangxian Lion Dance belongs to the Northern Lion and is a type of northern dance that has been popular among the people since the Ming Dynasty. The traditional lion dance is fiery, enthusiastic and fast-paced. The modern lion dance adds acrobatics, martial arts shapes and various dance movements to the traditional lion dance, enhancing the technical and artistic performance elements. In particular, Cangxian Lion Dance strives to create a famous brand by absorbing some difficult movements and shapes from acrobatics, dance, and martial arts, such as tumbling on a high platform, looking at the moon in the water, skillfully walking on a standing rope, blooming lotus flowers, etc. Cangxian folk lion dance is represented by Liu Ji Lion Dance Team, which has won gold medals in various competitions across the country many times.

Folk arts and crafts walnut carving Wu Mingzhi is the representative of Cangxian folk arts and crafts walnut carving. Wu Mingzhi is a farmer in Jiedi. He has been studying peach stone carving technology since he was 16 years old. He has created a variety of works, such as "Monkey Eats Peach", "Fox", "Cricket", "Baby on the Leaf", "Sun Wukong Three Dozens" Works of mythological stories such as "White Bone Demon", "Ma Gu Longevity", "Chang'e Flying to the Moon", etc. are lifelike, small and exquisite, with delicate knife work and natural texture. In 1982, his works participated in the Hebei Provincial Folk Arts and Crafts Exhibition and won the Provincial Outstanding Works Creation Encouragement Award. In 1984, he won the Cangzhou City Folk Art Creation Award and was known as the Wonderful Walnut Carver.

Folk arts and crafts bamboo pole weaving

The representative of bamboo pole weaving in Cangxian County is Wei Qingfa. Wei Qingfa was a villager in Gaotun, Yaoguantun Township. Influenced by his uncle, he had a strong interest in bamboo weaving since he was a child, and later devoted himself to studying it. At the age of 20, he was not only able to imitate common folk bamboo weaving crafts, but also designed and compiled pen holders, watch covers, pagodas, and small More than 100 works, including sedan chairs, birdcages, Buddhist niches, and hexagonal Ruyi palace lanterns, have participated in county, city, and provincial arts and crafts exhibitions many times. In particular, the production of hexagonal wishful lanterns, birdcages, and Buddhist niches is characterized by fine craftsmanship, beautiful shapes, novel concepts, unique designs, delicate techniques, and ingenious workmanship. It won the Outstanding Work Award at the Hebei Folk Crafts and Art Exhibition in 1982, and the Excellent Works at the Cangzhou Spring Festival Lantern Exhibition in 1984. He won the Lantern Prize and some of his works were sent to Japan for exhibitions and were well received by international friends. Cangzhou golden jujube, also known as Hexi red jujube, is sweet and delicious in the mouth and has a unique flavor. Because the ripe dried dates are connected by golden threads, they are called golden jujube. It is a traditional advantageous product of Cangzhou City and has a cultivation history of more than 3,000 years in Cangzhou. Golden jujube has gone through a long period of cultivation, domestication and breeding of fine varieties in Cangzhou, forming a unique local famous specialty. As of 2011, the city's red date planting area reached 1.85 million acres, including 1.4 million acres of golden jujubes and 320,000 acres of winter jujubes. The city's red date output reached 1.36 billion jins, including 1.1 billion jins of golden jujubes and 200 million jins of winter jujubes. , the city’s red dates output value is 3.5 billion yuan. In June 2009, "Cangzhou Golden Silk Jujube" was awarded a geographical indication product by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. In October 2009, Cangzhou City was awarded the title of "Chinese Jujube Capital" by the China Fruit Distribution Association.