Preliminary Discussion Of The Process Technology Of The Shanxi Shadow Puppets

The art of shadow play is a splendid treasure of Chinese cultural which has been included in the list of the world intangible cultural heritage. And with its strong local characteristics, Shanxi’s shadow play has become an indispensable branch of Chinese shadow play art. Study on the characteristic of technology of Shanxi shadow puppets,Can be restored, recording, inherit this precious traditional process.Then interpretation the Shanxi shadow puppets process history and evolution.Shanxi shadow puppets mainly be contented by the "Jinzhong shadow schools" and"Jinnan shadow schools" which be represented by Xiaoyi and Houma shadow puppets. Among them, according to the differences of the shadow’s singing and modeling, the Xiaoyi shadow play can be divided into the "Piqiangzhichuang" shadow play and the "Piqiangshachuang" shadow play. The paper-window ("Piqiangzhichuang") shadow puppets is modeling rough and unsophisticated as the representative of Shanxi’s shadow play. But affected by the eastern Shanxi shadow play, the voile-window ("Piqiangshachuang") shadow’s modeling is more meticulous and gorgeous which belongs to the branch of Qin-Jin shadow play. And because of the lack of the cultural relic excavation and the historical records, Houma only has the relevant study of the voile-window shadow puppets. The modeling basically takes the characteristics of the eastern Shanxi shadow play, which is no different with Xiaoyi’s voile-window shadow play.By the means of on-the-spot investigation, literature search and physical comparison, this paper compares the Xiaoyi paper-window shadow play and the northern Henan existing shadow puppets of Qing Dynasty from the angles of the material,Houma shadow puppets and Shanxi eastern shadow puppets, xiaoyi shadow puppets and houma shadow puppets, size and modeling, which be pointed out that the similarities and differences and relations among them,relationship between development of shadow play in Shanxi and surrounding areas.Traditional handicraft carrying the memory of the national science and technology changes, Only full research on it, can be better inherited and carried forward. In the long historical development,Shanxi shadow technology accumulated a lot of valuable experience.Such as:Accumulated a lot of valuable experience,The use of sculpture "push skin method",prefer-ence for red, black, green, yellow four colors and so on.By the means of on-the-spot investigation to Xiaoyi and Houma, the author elaborates the manufacture tools,technological process,Characteristic and evolution,clearly established the production process of shadow puppets in Shanxi. then provide the theoretical basis and practical guidance for the study of traditional crafts.