Dancing with both hands for thousands of years, a curtain of lamps and shadows hide in spring and autumn", shadow puppetry, commonly known as"Shadow Puppet Lantern", "Shadow Puppet Play".It is one of the oldest folk art forms of the Chinese nation, which is a plastic art hand-carved with donkey skin or cowhide, and it is also a kind of performing art that combines speaking, singing and ** and is operated by artists. This "trinity" art displayed through light and shadow is full of unique charm and is known as:"The originator of cinema" and "the earliest ** animation".It has a deep mass base and extensive social influence, embodies the essence of China's traditional modeling and performing arts, and is an important representative of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Shadow puppetryFrom the written record, there are already becomingMore than 2000 yearsIn the history of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu's concubine Mrs. Li died of illness, and Emperor Wu's thoughts were in a trance, and he ignored the government all day long. Minister Li Shaoweng went out one day, and met children playing with rag dolls on the road, and the shadows were reflected in the ground vividly. Li Shaoweng's heart moved, and he cut the image of Mrs. Li with cotton silk, painted it with color, and installed wooden poles on his hands and feet. At night, the square curtain is enclosed, the lamps and candles are displayed, and the emperor is respectfully invited to sit in the tent**. Emperor Wu looked at Long Yan Dayue and couldn't put it down. This love story, which is enshrined in the Book of Han, is considered to be the earliest origin of shadow puppetry.
February 17th.
Let's travel through history.
Embark on the condensation and continuation of the national spirit.
Feel the excellent traditional Chinese culture precipitated by history.
Peel off the fog of "shadow puppetry".
Show information
Show time. Saturday, February 17, 14:00 19:30
Venue: Changsha ** Hall, Lushan Middle Hall.
Ticket prices for the show. 100 50 (Hui).
Children under 1 meter are admitted by ticket.
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Left: Classic shadow puppet play Right: Mermaid girl.
Repertoire Introduction
Fable "The Turtle and the Crane".The white crane and the turtle competed, and the white crane was proud to fly, proud and underestimated the enemy, and was finally bitten to death by the turtle. (In 1965, the play won the Best Performance Award at the 3rd International Puppet Festival held in Bucharest, Romania; In 2000, he won the "Twenty-Five Star Award" at the 11th International Puppet Festival held in Slovenia. ）
"Three Mice".The three rats were "so close" that they found a jar of oil and scrambled to drink ......In 1994, the play won the "Outstanding Repertoire Award" in the Hunan Provincial New Repertoire Performance; In 1997, he was awarded the "New Cultural Repertoire Award" by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, and in 2000, he won the "Best Traditional Performance Award" at the 4th Puppet Festival held in Prague, Czech Republic. )
"Two Friends".The bear and the monkey are good friends. One day, the little monkey picked peaches for the bear to eat, and accidentally found that the sound of the bell was loud and beautiful, so he climbed on the bell to play. I don't want to use too much force to break the branches and cover them with a bell. Later, with the help of the bear, he was out of danger. (The play won the "Best Performance Award" at the 3rd International Puppet Festival in Romania in 1965 and the "Twenty-Five Star Award" at the 11th International Puppet Festival in Slovenia in 2000.) ）
The Fox and the CrowThe crow gets a piece of meat, and the fox tries to flatter and flatter the crow with rhetoric. The crow could not stand the flattery of the fox, so he sang and danced triumphantly, and in the end, not only lost the piece of meat, but also his own life. (The play won the "Best Performance Award" at the 3rd International Puppet Festival in Bucharest, Romania in 1965, the first prize in the primary school section of the professional group in the first National Textbook Drama Selection Competition in 1993, and the "25-Star Award" at the 11th International Puppet Festival held in Slovenia in 2000.) ）
"The Cormorant Escapes".
The play mainly tells the story of the wild cormorant copperneck and the fisherman, the story has gone through three stages of being caught, escaping and returning, vividly describing the story of the cormorant copperneck who first saw the fisherman, lost several battles, and then escaped with his own ingenuity, but was unable to survive due to heavy snow and was finally rescued by the fisherman. (The play won the 2023 National Art ** Small Stage Drama (Festival) Repertoire and Work Creation Funding Project).
"Mermaid Girl".Based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Daughter of the Sea". The beautiful mermaid girl Heinie has always lived happily in the depths of the ocean, and after hearing the land stories told by the old sea turtle, she was deeply attracted by the wonderful wonders of the land, and she strongly longed for a new life, so she risked to come to the world. When they met Lu Sheng, two teenagers from different worlds formed an indissoluble bond. When Haini faced the choice of life and death, after a fierce ideological struggle, she defeated hatred with love and kindness, realized the true nature of great love and goodness, and lived a wonderful life. (The play won the "Tian Han Special Award" at the 6th Hunan Provincial Arts Festival in 2018).
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