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How to operate shadow play

Shadow play action:

The first step: when playing shadow play, you can hold the neck card in one hand and two cards in the other hand, so that the shadow play actors can get close to the curtain. As shown in the figure below:

Step 2: Learn how shadow puppeteers walk. As long as you twist your hands with your fingers, the filmmaker's arms will swing back and forth, and the whole filmmaker will move forward synchronously and smoothly. This is the action of walking. As shown in the figure below:

Step 3: shadow people's turning action is to start three joysticks synchronously and turn shadow people left and right 180 degrees.

Step 4: When the filmmaker stops, the arm stops swinging. As shown in the figure below:

Extended data:

Shadow play is a folk art form in China.

Longdong Shadow Play in Gansu, northwest of China, is mainly distributed in Pingliang and Qingyang counties, and the triangle bordering Shaanxi and Ningxia in the east is relatively concentrated.

The skills and singing skills of performing shadow play are the key to the level of shadow play class.

The exercises and vocals were written by Master attentively and practiced by long-term hard study.

During the performance, artists have the ability to manipulate shadow puppeteers and musical instruments to make up for the chorus and take care of the chorus at the same time.

Some experts can shoot seven or eight filmmakers at the same time. Martial arts scene in full swing, shadow people gun rolling up and down, very lively.

However, the music and singing in the field of literature are full of charm and beautiful. Or passionate or lingering, there are joys and sorrows, full of emotions and feelings, touching.

Because cars, boats, horses, carriages and grotesque monsters in shadow play can all be performed, such as flying into the ground, stealth deformation, smoking and fire, falling into the sea, etc., and can also be accompanied by various shadow play stunts and acousto-optic effects, the fantasy scene of performing large-scale dramas is unique in shadow play.

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