Brief introduction of shadow play

1. Shadow Play, also known as "Shadow Play" or "Light Shadow Play", is a folk drama in which people are made of 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.

2. Shadow play is an ancient traditional folk art in China, which is called "donkey shadow play" by old Beijingers. 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.

3.20 1 1 year, Chinese shadow play was selected into the representative list of human intangible cultural heritage. 20 18 12, the general office of the Ministry of Education announced that Shanghai Theatre Academy was the inheritance base of China excellent traditional culture shadow play.