A rope on short posts marks a ring on the paving, where a small rider stands arms-out on a trotting white horse; a red-columned hall stands at the right with onlookers in two groups, and a table at the left holds stacked blue-and-white cups, a covered wicker tray, a bowl of balls and a blue cloth with a peony pattern.
Liaocheng Acrobatics
Horse circus, magic and performance of Liaocheng in Shandong, a national representative heritage item
Introduction
Acrobatics of Liaocheng, Shandong: item Ⅵ-2, entered in 2006 in the first batch of the national representative list of intangible cultural heritage, with the Liaocheng Acrobatics Troupe as protecting unit. It falls into three branches of horse circus, magic, and performance, and is found in Dong'e, Chiping, Yanggu and the areas around them. The Liaocheng Prefecture Acrobatics Troupe was founded in 1970, and in 1993 the Ministry of Culture approved a China Youth Acrobatics Base in Liaocheng.