What material is the shadow play made of?

Shadow play is a plane image made of cowhide, sheepskin, donkey skin or paper. It adopts the contrast modeling of yin and yang and color, and is carved, portrayed, colored and oiled.

The limbs and heads of shadow puppeteers are carved separately and composed of lines, so they can move freely when performing. A shadow puppet actor needs five bamboo sticks to manipulate, and the artist's fingers are flexible, which often dazzles the audience. You should not only have excellent skills in your hands, but also speak, read, play and sing in your mouth, and brake gongs and drums at your feet.

The screen of shadow play is a piece of white gauze with the size of 1 square meter. The white yarn becomes crisp and bright after being polished by fish oil. During the performance, the shadow play moves close to the screen, and the characters and colorful colors are really moving.

Extended data;

Shadow play is one of the earliest operas in China. Its performance equipment is light, its singing is rich and beautiful, and its performance is wonderful and moving. For thousands of years, thunder has been loved by people, so it has spread widely. And shadow play has played a certain role in the development of culture and art at home and abroad. There are many new local operas, all of which are derived from the vocals of various shadow plays.

The performance principle and art of Chinese shadow play also played a leading role in the invention of modern film and the development of modern film art film. The western world, from Goethe in the18th century to Chaplin later, as well as other world cultural celebrities, spoke highly of the art of Chinese shadow play.

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