Taishan shadow play

Taishan shadow play has a long history. It is recorded in Taowu Xianping, an ancient book of the Ming Dynasty. It has a history of 600 years. There is a folk saying that it is impossible to visit Mount Tai without watching shadow play

Taishan shadow play

Taishan shadow play is an ancient traditional folk art. Taishan shadow play is also known as Renzi play and shadow picking. Because its actors and props are made of donkey skin, it is also known as donkey shadow play. Listening to its singing and watching its shape all reveal the profound and simple Taishan culture. According to the elders, shadow play has been sung in Taishan for more than 400 years. It is hard to know who was the first to spread shadow play to Taishan. Taishan shadow play is performed by setting up a shadow screen, commonly known as the shadow window, in which the actors manipulate the actors to perform various vivid performances, with dubbing singing, lighting, scenery, music and so on. At first glance, shadow puppet is no different from juggling, but several hollowed out skin figures are compared. But you don't underestimate these little people. They sing the whole play for three days and nights. They sing whatever is lively. In the early days, there were more than ten shadow puppet troupes at the foot of Mount Tai, which were active in the streets of Tai'an City and very popular.

Form of performance

There are many ways to perform shadow puppets in China, but generally more than one person is required to perform in cooperation. The proverb "seven tight, eight loose, nine stop" is popular in the shadow puppet industry, which means that eight people are usually required to work together when performing shadow puppets. If there are seven people, the whole backstage will be tense. If there are nine people, there will be people idle.

Taishan shadow play is the most unique way of performing. A play needs two people at most, one for accompaniment, one for manipulation, and one for performance when necessary. This is the ancient unique skill of shadow play: "ten not idle". The so-called "ten not idle" refers to the shadow play performance, "thinking of words in the head, singing songs in the mouth, dancing people in the hands, and stepping on the mallet under the feet", which mobilizes the whole body, and one person has several duties to complete the performance of the whole play alone, which requires the performer to have a good performance background. "Ten not idle" has a history of more than 1700 years. According to the statistics of China's Ministry of culture, only Mr. Fan Zheng'an, the sixth generation inheritor of Taishan shadow play, has inherited and preserved the unique skills of shadow play.

Heritage Protection

In November 2019, the list of national intangible cultural heritage representative project protection units was announced, and Taian Taishan Shadow Play Art Research Institute was qualified as "Taishan shadow play" protection unit

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development history

Taishan shadow play has a long history. It was recorded in the ancient book taotaowu Xianping of Ming Dynasty, which has a history of 600 years. There is a folk saying that if you climb Mount Tai, you can't travel without watching shadow play. If you don't watch shadow play, you don't know etiquette and righteousness.

Taishan shadow play has been developed and perfected through successive generations, and won the title of "national intangible cultural heritage" in 2007. This traditional form of dramatic expression has come into people's eyes again, and has successively won the "Cultural Heritage Award" and "best performance award of China Federation of literary and art circles Folk Art Expo", At the national intangible cultural heritage exhibition held in Beijing in 2007, Taishan shadow puppet won the highest award of "cultural heritage day award of the Ministry of culture of China". Taishan shadow puppet, known as the "living fossil" of Taishan culture, has performed many times for national, provincial and municipal leaders, as well as important guests and tourism groups at home and abroad.

In 2011, it was included in the world-class intangible cultural heritage "China shadow play" list. Fan Zheng'an, the only inheritor of "ten not idle" unique skills at that time, was also rated as "excellent inheritor of China's intangible cultural heritage" and "Top Ten Excellent inheritors of Shandong Province".

Fan Zheng'an, the sixth generation inheritor of Taishan shadow puppet, was cordially received by Premier Wen Jiabao. The unique Chinese shadow puppet skills performed for Premier Wen Jiabao were praised by Premier Wen Jiabao as "Chinese unique skills" and Li Changchun as "real experts". His artistic achievements have been successively produced by "focus interview", "telling the truth", "cultural interview" and "travel all over China". His son, fan Weiguo, is the seventh generation inheritor, master of Arts, and a teaching expert in Tai'an City. He is known as "the first person of Chinese intangible culture into the classroom".

Taishan shadow play

Zhang Yongpeng

Mount Tai's rock has captured the five mountains. Lu Bang's view is Tai'an. The city is built according to the mountain, and the name of the city depends on people.

Taishan shadow play shows the essence of Taishan culture;

Folk art condenses the aura of Dai Zong's Wenshui. Li Bai's heavenly gate roared to suppress the flying clouds, and Du Fu's foot murmured, startling the past and the present;

The holy mountain is named Lai kongru, and the people admire him. The towering Taishan cultural world is close to the stage shadow puppet world.

The stone of Mount Tai deserves its reputation, which shows that the local people are strong; Bixia Yuanjun shows his kindness, which shows that the local customs are mellow.

Chinese stunt "one person busy", Taishan shadow play "ten not idle".

Hand operation foot accompaniment, mouth singing drama. Swords, spears, swords and halberds dance like flying snow;

Silk, bamboo, drums and gongs are playing in unison. It's wonderful to turn hands and hands, and it's fascinating to turn wrist. Legendary stories are often sung, and excellent ancient and modern cultures can be performed.

Nature makes man, God, ghost and monster show their skill;

National spirit, wisdom and justice build a monument;

Traditional technology, the source of water should be absorbed;

Modern techniques, Taishan shadow can be innovative;

The sabre technique is simple and powerful without redundancy, and contains the heroic spirit of Qilu;

The color is strong and contrasted, showing the charm of Daizong;

To learn from folk paper-cut, we only want to be rough and honest, just like Beijing opera facial makeup, just for being forthright and open-minded.

Taishan shadow play Taishan soul, mountain high water long; human auspicious, human feelings, outstanding.

Xiangzi is close to many bosom friends, and the capital has a good reputation. As a national treasure, it will shine brilliantly; as an intangible cultural heritage, it will surely prosper.

Production technology

In the production of Taishan shadow puppet, the material is pure donkey skin, the knife technique is concise and bright, and the coloring contrast is strong, which contains the forthright folk sentiment of Shandong people. There are many fighting scenes in Taishan shadow play, so the filmmakers have to be solid and durable, and try their best to generalize in carving. Most of the figures are realistically shaped, with simple knives, bold and forthright, which is similar to the freehand brushwork in Chinese painting, reflecting the honest and open-minded character of Taishan people. In terms of color contrast, red, green, yellow, purple and other traditional folk colors are often used. The production of Taishan shadow puppet strictly follows the ancient method, which is divided into 10 steps and 21 processes. Each shadow puppet is hand carved with more than 3000 knives.

Taishan shadow puppet series crafts are divided into four categories, including clothing, frames, decorations and albums, with more than 60 varieties. In 2008, it won the silver award of Shandong Cultural Fair, and in 2009, it won the gold award of the 7th northern trade fair. Its masterpiece "Taishan shigandang" can not only beautify and watch, but also ward off evil spirits. It has become the most characteristic handicraft of Taishan and is loved by tourists. Its high-end crafts have been donated to diplomatic envoys and foreign friendly cities for many times, and collected by collectors at home and abroad.

representative figure

Fan Zheng'an, male, born in 1945, is a member of the Communist Party of China, a national inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, a visiting professor of China Academy of fine arts, a master of Arts and crafts in Shandong Province, a visiting professor of Hebei Normal University, director of Jinan folk art museum, director of Tai'an Shadow Art Research Institute, vice chairman of Tai'an Folk Artists Association and vice chairman of Tai'an army supporting Association.

Mr. Fan Zhengan is over the age of Huajia. He has loved shadow puppetry since he was a child. At the age of 8, he was taught by Taishan Shadow Puppet Master Liu Yufeng. He has been active in shadow puppet stage all his life and has been engaged in art for more than 50 years. Mr. Fan Zhengan is honest and modest. He has noble character and unique Jinlan art virtue of the older generation of artists.

Fan Zhengan's persistent pursuit of shadow play art is praised by the world. All his life, he was modest and indifferent to fame and wealth, but he studied shadow puppet art assiduously. He is a great master of Chinese shadow puppet art. He has completely inherited his unique skill of shadow puppet, which is "ten not idle". His kung fu of performing one play by one person is so perfect that the world is amazed. In 2007, Taishan shadow puppet was rated as a national intangible cultural heritage. Mr. Fan Zheng'an was cordially received by Premier Wen Jiabao. His "ten not idle" performing skills were praised as "Chinese unique skills" by Premier Wen Jiabao, and Mr. Fan Zheng'an was praised as "real expert" by Li Changchun. In the same year, he won the highest award of intangible culture "cultural heritage day Award" issued by the Ministry of culture of China, and the "best performance award of China Federation of literary and art circles Folk Art Expo" in Changchun

Mr. Fan Zhengan inherits the national heritage, builds Taishan brand, and promotes Taishan culture! The story of Taishan shigandang in shadow play is vivid. The story of Taishan shigandang performed in the National Grand Theater during the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has been highly praised. His shadow play art was first broadcast by news network, focus interview, telling the truth, traveling all over China, and cultural interview 》And so on.

Mr. Fan Zhengan is open-minded and actively inherits cultural heritage. With his active appeal and efforts, Taishan shadow puppet officially entered the primary school classroom as a discipline in 2008, with more than 3000 children learning Taishan shadow puppet in the city.

Theater information

The program preview is based on the theater: 1. Hand play "zoo beauty contest" 2. Shadow play - "frog, crane and turtle" 2. Shadow play - "new biography of Wu Song fighting tiger" 3. Master fan's "Shi Gan Dang Tai Shan descending"

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