National Intangible Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea Soban refers to a tray-table used for an individual or for a sacrificial rite for ancestors. Sobanjang means the skill of making a tray-table, or an artisan with such a skill. Murals in tombs of Goguryeo display many types of soban. According to records such as Samguk sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) or Gyeongguk daejeon (National Code), there were state agencies responsible for production of dining tables. Soban production developed due to the preference for individual dining tables over those for two or more people under the influence of Confucianism, and due to the needs associated with large and small events, including wedding and sacrificial rites. There are 60-plus types of soban, depending on the place of origin, shape, and usage. Soban were chiefly made in Haeju (featuring engraved carvings), Naju (featuring wood strips with mid-level of legs), Tongyeong (featuring cloud-shaped legs), and Gangwon-do. The shapes of the soban legs differ from region to region; those made in Gyeongsang-do have bamboo-shaped legs, the ones made in Jeolla-do tiger foot-shaped legs, and the ones made in Gangwon-do and Gyeonggi-do dog foot-shaped legs.

Bài Chòi is a typical cultural activity of people in the South Central region in general, and in Phu Yen in particular, taking place during holidays. The Bài Chòi Festival usually takes place from the first day of the New Year to the day the Ritual Pole is taken down, which is the seventh day of Tet. At the beginning of the festival, elders and officials in the village hold a ceremony to worship the God of agriculture, the Tutelary God, and Earth gods, etc., Bài Chòi Festival consists of 9, 11, or 13 high bamboo huts with stairs leading up for players to sit. Each hut has a bamboo tube to hold cards and a punch to type out announcements. There are many forms of building huts. First, there are nine huts constructed in the shape of an octagon, or eight trigrams. Second, construct the eleven huts in accordance with the cans. Third, construct one of the 13 huts based on the animal of the zodiac. The middle hut is reserved for elders and dignitaries; The remaining huts are chosen by the players. The bamboo stall is set up in the middle, opposite the middle hut, for the orchestra of the elders. On the stall, there is a tray inlaid with conch containing wine, betel, areca nut, and money to bring to offer whenever a hut wins. A card game will have the participation of the following characters: A signer is a person who can play a game of cards well, understands the rules, can dance and sing well, and has an improvisational flair. An individual who operates the request of the signal is known as a sign operator. The card player call the card's leg. Start, a sign distributor distributes cards to the huts; shouts the signal to shake the tube, draw a card, and shouts a sentence for the card players to guess; sign operator receives cards; The card players strike the bell; run the check mark and hand over the card to the player that guessed correctly; When a hut has three cards, the signal is given to beat the war drum and the adoring drum, and the orchestra pours in congratulations; Call to the winning hut to collect the main card and three small cards for presentation; Carrying a tray of prize money, betel and areca nuts, wine and prize flags and giving them to the player in the winning hut; shouted congratulatory songs; The signal operator collects all the cards in the remaining huts to prepare for the next play. If "Hiệu" calls a card that matches the card in the tube, the player knocks 3 times. When he reaches the game, meaning there are no cards in the tube, he knocks for a long time. The deck of playing cards includes 27 or 33 spleen cards and 9 or 11 small bamboo cards, painted or printed with simple names, such as Nhứt Nọc, Nhì Nghèo, Tam Quăng, Tứ Cẳng, Ba Gà, Bảy Thưa, etc., The deck is divided into 3 sections: the "văn" section, the "vạn" section, and the book section. Mr. "Hiệu" usually controls the game like an actor, has a strong voice, and can read or improvise witty sentences to respond to the name of the card being called. In addition to entertainment, Thai verses also have the effect of educating people about morality, personality, love for the homeland, love for couples, etc.

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The Khen of the Hmong is made of Pơmu wood with 6 different large, small, long, and short bamboo pipes, symbolizing the gathering of brothers. There are two types of trumpet: long trumpet (high sound) and short trumpet (low sound). Khen is a wind instrument, used by Hmong people in many different contexts such as funerals, Gầu Tào festivals, fairs, weddings, etc. Therefore, the content of Khen songs has many topics, different songs such as the farewell of the dead soul to the ancestral world, the mourning of relatives with a slow, gentle, sad sound, the confession of love between a man and a woman, the blessing of a young couple with a fast, strong, cheerful tempo. Khen dance includes a number of basic movements such as raising legs, rotating in place, spinning in place, spinning in place and moving heel (on a large rotation and gradually narrowing in a spiral shape), bending over, playing with Khen, rolling on its side, rolling on its back, squatting dance, walking forward and backward in four directions, cock fighting, horse fighting, jumping and squatting, one hand patting the other leg, the sound of clapping must be heard while the sound of Khen cannot be stop. Taking the breath and forging the breath to make it deep and long is a special technique. At the age of 10, Hmong boys begin to be taught Khen dance techniques by their grandfather, father, or older brother. Hmong Khen dance can be performed solo to show off technique, or performed in pairs, triples, or collectively. Hmong Khen Dance can be combined with women's dances.