Shan Xi Shadow Art Features Research

China is one of the world’s four ancient civilizations, five thousand years of culture is the crystallization of the Chinese nation tradition and innovation. Chinese shadow play after the millennium does not weaken as China Folk Culture in a wonderful, deeply rooted in the development process folk fusion characteristics of other kinds of art, reflects the hard work and wisdom of the Chinese people, the sustenance of the people for a better life yearning and hope.Shadow puppets Shanxi Chinese shadow play important one, is the country’s intangible cultural heritage. Terms from Shadow of modeling process, Shanxi shadow puppets belonging to Qin Jin shadow puppets, affected by the Shaanxi East Road, shadow puppets, after thousands of years of development and innovation of generations, Shanxi shadow puppets absorb the essence of the art of paper cutting and drama, has a strong geographical and cultural characteristics, formed its own style. Spread so far Shanxi shadow play in two forms, one is the bellows Zhichuang shadow; a bowl bowl chamber window screens shadow, the former Shanxi native art form, the latter Shanxi came from Shanxi. A combination of the beginning of the formation of the shadow play of Shanxi and witchcraft, Totem, religion, drama mask, paper cutting, puppet shadow shape by the impact, the integration of the diverse areas of the local culture of the Yellow River in the development process, the formation of a unique art form aesthetic expression.This paper will Shadow of the historical origins and development context, to research, to explore the links between the Shanxi shadow puppets and Shanxi folk culture, focused study the Shanxi Shadow of the shape classification and production, Shanxi shadow play style characteristics to small to see way to explore the relationship between Chinese traditional pattern of Chinese folk culture, religion, and Chinese folk culture, and finally return to Shanxi Shadow Art, its expressed concern about the survival of the state, and contemporary social situation Shanxi shadow puppets heritage protection, Develop.