The Stage On The Shoulder

Shoulder Play spreads among people at towns like Shaxian,Lanqi and Mawei of Fuz hou,which is one of the most performed non-government genre folk opera in Fujian provi nce.Employing the popularization and life-related art particularly the combination of the different regional specialties based on child performance standing on adult shoulders.The initial stage started from the late Qing Dynasty,has been around more than one hundred y ears.selected to the first batch of intngible cultiral heritage in Fujian province in 2005.The topic of this thesis is studying of Shaxian Shoulder Play origin development ess entially in terms of local country visit,survey,personal interviews,stage observation etc.A cascade charactaristics emphasized on the performance,outfit,costume including intervie ws from relative actors.The final outlines the changing cultural position of Shoulder Play in contemporary society with inheritance,protection and development by generations...