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Taiyuan Luogu is a national intangible cultural heritage(国家级非物质文化遗产) with a history of around 1,000 years. It's widely used in weddings (婚礼) and at traditional to bring good luck.
Taiyuan Luog u is popular in the countryside. Many people are good at it. A woman named Niu Gaixian in Xiaozhanying Village in Taiyuan is one of them. Now she's a city- level inheritor(市级传承人) of this form of art. Every time she and her team members have their Taiyuan Luog u shows, the village will soon become .
In 1990, Niu met Han Qixiang, a national- level inheritor of Taiyuan Luogu, became his student. Since then, practicing playing Taiyuan Luog u has become part of everyday life.
" Mr. Han had a great influence me. He asked me to learn more about traditional culture, not only of Shanxi, but also across the country," said Niu Gaixian.
In 2003, Niu Gaixian set up her own Taiyuan Luog u team. To avoid mistakes while they are giving performances, she and her team members practice again and again. They always practice even in the hot summer.
In April 2018, Niu Gaixian and her team were invited to join in an international drum culture festival in Africa. After they their performances, they were cheered by the crowd.
Niu Gaixian hopes that more and more people can about this kind of traditional art.
