Brief introduction of Taoist shadow play in Huan county

The Taoist shadow play in Huanxian County is the product of the combination of Taoism and shadow play, which has a history of thousands of years. After vicissitudes of life, a unique Taoist shadow play in Huan County has been formed. After the reform and innovation of a generation such as Jie Changchun, a master of Taoist shadow play in the late Qing Dynasty, it was more perfect. It is well integrated with the customs and beliefs of the local Han nationality, forming the present situation of broadcasting around Huan County, extending to neighboring counties such as Huachi, Qingcheng, Yanchi in Ningxia and Dingbian in Shaanxi. Its value is mainly reflected in the beautiful and unique Taoist music singing and exquisite shadow play production and performance. When the troupe performs, one person at the front desk picks the pole and performs all the roles, and four or five people at the background accompany and "spring", which is rough and high-pitched and unique. Fine-tuning of Taoist music can be divided into "injured sound" and "Chinese sound". There are two speeds of singing, flat and flying board, and Qupai and plate coexist. The four strings, fishing drum, clapper and simple board in its accompaniment instruments are all self-made and have unique timbre. In more than 80 repertoires of/kloc-0, ancient cultural symbols such as "map" and "volume" are still preserved. Thousands of original Qing dynasty shadow puppets, which are now in Tibet and among the people, are of great artistic and research value because of their wonderful conception and exquisite carving.