Beijing Shadow Puppet
Shadow puppet play is an antique and traditional art in China.The old Beijing called it Donkey Shadow Puppet.During thousands of yearsit gave our ancestors a great amount of happiness.It belongs to puppet play not onlyalso a kind of genuine craft.Shadow puppet has elegant makingexquisite crafts and vivid play.Its material include skin of donkeyhorse and mule.After choosing materialcarvingcoloringsewingpainting etca puppet is finished.
According to recordsshadow puppet has a long history of over 1000 years.It is said that shadow puppet have appeared since Ming Dynasty.In 1508Beijng held a hundredplay meetingshadow puppet joined in that.
Others said that shadow puppet entered ZhuozhouHebei Province from Lanzhou and Huating since midMing Dynasty.Then it came into west Beijing and Beijing villages.At last it became part of citys lifehaving east city and west city.To Qing DynastyBeijing shadow puppet was quite common.It was popular with people.In Kangxi Periodthere were people who managed shadow puppet play specially in royal court.In Jiaqing yearsshadow puppet were often invited to play for rich families.At that timepeople enjoyed puppet plays during the day and watched shadow puppet plays at night.
Beijing shadow puppet do well in line carving.Since the midQing Dynastylearning from Peking Operashadow puppet had some changes in its style.With the artists large effortsshadow puppet develops and improves continuously.
Howeverit is hard to be a player for shadow puppet.He should know how to singread the scripts;he should know how to manage the puppets.So from puppets actions and expressionsones ability can be seen most often.
Shadow puppet gives classical and graceful taste to Beijing art.It gets great recognition from Beijng peopleespecially the old and children.Beijing shadow puppet inherits the features of West faction Shadow puppet.In additionlots of foreigners like shadow puppet very much.Many exquisite shadow puppet figures are collected by foreign museums.Nowadaysthe ancient art of shadow puppet still enrich peoples lives in culture.It takes people to a perfect art world.
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