On February 12, young tourists visited the intangible cultural heritage exhibition on the first floor of the Qinhuangdao Museum. Photo by Hebei ** reporter Zhang Hui.
February 12, the third day of the Lunar New Year. At about 9 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yuemeng, a senior high school student in Qinhuangdao City, came to the Qinhuangdao Museum with his friends, "We made an appointment to hold the Qinhuangdao City Intangible Cultural Heritage Boutique Project Exhibition and Performance here, and went to see the Qinglong Shadow Puppet Performance, a provincial intangible cultural heritage project brought by the Bailing Shadow Puppet Troupe. ”
Hurry up, the show is about to begin. Not long after entering the museum, my companions urged. When Zhang Yuemeng and his entourage entered the lecture hall of the museum, it was already full.
At 9:30, the lights went out, and everyone's eyes were focused on the white curtain of the stage. A burst of gongs and drums sounded, and the shadow puppet show "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" officially began. Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Tang Seng, White Dragon Horse, White Bone Essence ......The characters with local accents took turns to appear on the stage, and the audience laughed as soon as they spoke.
At the end of the half-hour performance, many audience members were still unsatisfied. Zhang Yuemeng and her friends touched the backstage and wanted to see how the shadow puppet "lived".
Teacher, can I give it a try? Zhang Yuemeng asked boldly. Seeing that the children were interested, Yang Mingzhong, the head of the Bailing Shadow Puppet Troupe, was very happy, picked up the shadow puppet and began to teach on the spot.
In addition to "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits", today will also perform "Zhu Bajie's Daughter-in-law" and "Yang Jiajiang" and other plays. There are still 4 performances on the 14th, and we have prepared plays such as "Temple Fair" and "Wu Song Fights the Tiger", and you are welcome to watch it again. While speaking, the audience at the front desk was filled with audiences one after another, and Yang Mingzhong wanted to prepare for the next performance, so he could only say goodbye to Zhang Yuemeng and others first.
It is understood that during the Spring Festival this year, the Qinhuangdao Museum will take "Appreciating Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills and Celebrating the Year of the Dragon" as the theme, and organize 10 activities in four major sections: intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, intangible cultural heritage performances, intangible cultural heritage and cultural creativity, and intangible cultural heritage experience, so that citizens can look for the taste of the New Year in the museum while watching exhibitions, watching performances, visiting markets, and learning skills, and feel the profound heritage of Chinese culture and traditional folk customs.
Coming out of the lecture hall, Zhang Yuemeng and her friends went straight to the third floor to visit the theme exhibition of "Pearl of Haiyue". Every time they visited an exhibition hall, they listened to explanations while looking at the exhibits, and carefully read the text descriptions of the cultural relics, so as to carefully understand the history and culture of their hometown.
What's that doing? It's so lively! During the visit, Zhang Yuemeng and others cast curious glances at the intangible cultural heritage Spring Festival Cultural and Creative Market. In the cultural and creative market, intangible cultural heritage items with full of New Year's flavor and distinctive characteristics, such as paper-cutting, shadow puppetry, rattan art, embroidered shoes and fabrics, attracted many citizens to participate in the experience.
It's already noon, and there are still a few exhibition halls that I haven't had time to visit. Zhang Yuemeng said with some regret. She agreed with a few friends that she must come again before the start of school, "to make up the rest of the 'knowledge points'." ”
During the Spring Festival, there are many citizens who make reservations to enter the museum, and from the first day to the third day of the Lunar New Year, the cumulative number of visitors has exceeded 10,000. Guo Huiyu, director of the Qinhuangdao Museum, said that the Qinhuangdao Museum's 2024 Spring Festival series of activities will last until March 11 (the second day of the second lunar month), and will launch a series of activities such as "Xilong Long Lang - Lantern Festival in the Museum" during the Lantern Festival. (Hebei ** reporter Zhang Hui).