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What kind of traditional non-legacy projects are you talking about, waving millions of soldiers with both hands?

"Doing everything through the ages with one mouthful, waving millions of soldiers with both hands" is a traditional intangible project, shadow play.

The art of shadow play originated in the Yellow River valley where Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan meet. Because it is close to life, reality and the general public, it is widely spread. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the shadow play in Luanzhou, Hebei Province sprang up suddenly, and then two main factions of shadow play art were formed. The rise of Luanzhou Shadow Play has brought the shadow play culture in China to a historical peak. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, shadow play prevailed all over the country. Only under the impact of modern social unrest and trendy entertainment did it fall into the status quo.

The production of shadow puppetry is "carved with plain paper at first, and then covered with colored leather". Paper is not wear-resistant. Later, it was changed to cowhide and donkey skin, colored and engraved. The screen window for the shadow play is two feet square and three feet away. It is made of white gauze and polished by fish oil, so it is crisp and bright. In the late Qing Dynasty, gas lamps were used as the light source, which made the gauze screen shine, and the characters in the play appeared on stage, which was even more dazzling.

Introduction to the types of shadow play:

1. Tangshan Shadow Play

Tangshan Shadow Play, also known as Luanzhou Shadow Play, Laoting Shadow Play and Donkey Shadow Play, is one of the most influential types of shadow play in China. It is generally believed that Luanzhou cinema was founded in the late Ming Dynasty and prevailed in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, with a history of more than 4 years. There are two main manipulation actors in Tangshan shadow play, namely "online" and "offline". There are three poles that dominate the action of the shadow man, which are called "main pole" and "hand pole" respectively. There are usually five kinds of division of labor in Tangshan shadow play, such as taking, posting, playing, pulling and singing, which is called "seven busy and eight idle".

2. Shadow play in southern Hebei

Shadow play props in southern Hebei are mainly distributed in several counties and districts in Handan, Hebei. Shadow play in southern Hebei has a long history. It is said that the shadow play of Beijing court was formed in southern Hebei, mainly distributed in southern Hebei, and affected central Hebei, northern Hebei and other regions. The shadow play in southern Hebei is an important branch of the shadow play in the Central Plains in the Song Dynasty, which is closely related to the shadow play in Henan.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shadow Play