The history and value of shadow play.

Shadow play, also known as "shadow play" or "light shadow", is an ancient traditional folk art in China. It is a folk drama, and people use animal skins or cardboard to perform stories. During the performance, the artists manipulated the shadow puppeteers behind the white curtain, telling stories with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which had a strong local flavor. Its popularity is extremely extensive, and various shadow plays are formed due to different voices played in different places. According to historical records, shadow play began in the Western Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Qing Dynasty, and spread to West Asia and Europe in the Yuan Dynasty. It has a long history.

In China, many local operas are derived from shadow play, and the performance principles and artistic means adopted by shadow play also play a leading role in the invention of films and the development of art films. Nowadays, China's shadow play is being collected by museums all over the world, and it is also a good gift for the China government to communicate with leaders of other countries. On May 20th, 2006, it was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. 2011165438+1On October 27th, UNESCO, headquartered in Paris, announced that the 6th Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is being held in Bali, officially decided to include Chinese shadow play in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".