Study On Application Of Meishan Nuo Opera "Xiao Shigong" In Animation Modeling

Meishan Nuo opera is an oldest type of drama.It was an unique witchcraft ritual through original belief which was evolved into Chinese traditional culture within Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism.It has long history and deep cultural background in China.The design of Meishan Nuo opera is variously,vividly and of obvious art characteristic.It is referenced by modern animation design.The essay is analyzed by art characteristic of Meishan Nuo opera,exploring the cultural connotation and its unique artistic symbol and religious overtones of Xiao Shigong,which is the one of the most representative work in Meishan Nuo opera.Combined with the modeling characteristics of drama and animation,this essay will make an artistic practice preliminary to animation modeling of Xiao Shigong of Meishan Nuo opera.Religious overtones is the soul of Meishan Nuo opera.The spirit of Confucianism,Buddism and Taoism was rooted in the Meishan Nuo opera.It impacts the expression and the pattern of manifestation of Meishan Nuo opera.At the beginning,drama and Nuo opera as twins in anicient sacrificial rites.Becausethose two had different survival environment in the past,they have huge difference in way of performance in contemporary society.At present,Nuo opera are not applied in animation field while drama are full use of animation creation.Chinese traditional animation widely contain drama elements,such as facial makeup,costume,music and so on;combining with other Chinese traditional elements to form different way of performance of animation,for instance,Chinese ink painting,puppet,shadow play,etc.to create huage influence at home and abroad with Chinese character.The largest difference between Nuo opera and drama is religious which has the largest similarity.Nuo opera is an opera which includes folks' will and feeling in awe to gods.In comparison,drama more concentrate on culture and story,which has stronger narration.With the continuous evolution of history,Nuo opera has influenced by customs that has tranformed slowly from entertaining gods to recreating people.Drama continuous has influnced by religion,drama deliver religious way of thinking more or less.Religious of Nuo opera originated from itself,while drama' religious came from soliciety.Both of them expand from the oriainal divergence to intersection at present.Theirreligious thinking have the same function to limit people's the norm of morality.In the art aspect,both of them have art elements,such as dance,painting,singing,acrobatics.All in all,drama animation has significant reference value to Nuo opera creation.Through research and comparison,a creation path of animation,which is suitable for Nuo opera can be found.Meishan Nuo opera--Xiao Shigong is the only Nuo opera to state Shigong's autobiography.It has unique design and abundant contents.To extract the essence of art feature and religion in Xiao Shigong into animation,enrich the cultural connotation of animatioan,and create a unique cultural charm.