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Introduction traceable (1) Folklore (2) religious legends (3) Historical records feature (a) Performance (two) singing (three) Lyrics (four) repertoire (five) Performances (six) Historical documented craft masters Gong The Huai Do Tao Yang Jianghan shadow "Tang grid" Jianghan shadow "Guo grid" value inheritance Expand edit this section Introduction Jianghan shadow is circulating in Hubei Province in south-central Mianyang (now Bristol City), Tianmen, Qianjiang, Jianli and Honghu county (city), with the same characteristics shadow. "Shadow", also called "shadow play", "lights in the theater." Performances in the form of substantially all the same, a similar performance was first homemade movie screen white screen, and then behind the scenes to light irradiation surface, performers were behind the plot beforehand carved and installed by the impact of human activities, the supratentorial the shadow of the show to the foreground of the audience, accompanied by music in percussion and rap for storytelling.

Xiantao shadow show backstage

Edit this paragraph traceable Jianghan shadow as an integrated arts, origin is a complex and controversial issue, from several aspects: (1) folklore from the late Qin "Chu" "Chinese" to compete, Zhang desperation to confuse the enemy with a leather story; Han Dynasty set up the curtain trick see gone Aifei Ms. Li; Lunar July 15 "Halloween" spiritualism, Agricultural vulgar vow; coax Prince Gong Fei, Tong Ye cut human type, according to coax her happy in screens, etc.,Adidas AdiPure FG, there are many similar folklore. [1] (2) religious legends related to Buddhism, Guanyin bamboo inflicted shadow shape to perform, attract followers, persuading preaching; related with Confucianism, Confucius appearance of ugly rumors, lectures when hanging curtains, then people follow it at screens storytellers, called "shadow play", and so on the basis of these legends is extremely small. (3) Historical records

Xiantao Shadow

There are two versions, one said to be shadow "began in the Han, Tang Xing, Sheng and Song and Yuan periods spread to West Asia and Europe, and can be described as a long history '; another one is able to access the data show that the shadow was invented a thousand years ago the rise of the Song Dynasty. Expressly records, the earliest Song Zhang Lei with the "Ming magazine", read: "Beijing city of spoiled rich kid, little orphans, specifically fiscal, social rogue one hundred square induced, and this child is very nice Nongying play, each lane to cut Guan Yu, Noir whom Qixia, the urge to get forward and slow. According to historical records, the Spring and Autumn Period, ie 445 BC to 396 BC, during the period, the star pupil of Confucius Zi Xia Xiaoyi lectures in order to attract more people listen to his speech, once in the night using the "Shadow Music" in the form of lectures mob due Zi Xia studied under Confucius will "music, piano," to talk about film music in the form set, entertaining so that "set up to teach , piano music, film music "blend and become" shadow, music, religion, "the perfect movie form Zi Xia lectures loved by locals, the locals learned the techniques of performing film music, as time goes on, the shadow music education in the form of changes in the local movie. editing features of this paragraph (a) performing with a white curtain as a prop, standing behind the dominant performer filmmakers, presenting the image to the audience, saying, sing the story, performers are generally three four. (two) singing shadow so far, more than 300 years of history.

Jianghan shadow toolbox

is prevalent in Mianyang (now Bristol City), Tianmen, Qianjiang, Jianli and Honghu County (City) has the same artistic features of shadow. Jianghan's own shadow is the "soil movie", deeply loved the people. Although its source could not be verified, but early in the seventeenth century this area thanks to God who will organize things, holidays, has the habit of singing shadow. Jianghan Plain Shadow in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties of Han cavity because singing, Chu cavity, Shaanxi and Sichuan cavity mainly, but also contain Jingchu Folk tune, it was known as shadow play drama, to the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, Mianyang, latent River area formed its own unique shadow, show, word lattice and songs cavity, cheese cavity (ie, Yu Gu cavity) aesthetic characteristics. "Song cavity" is derived from the state of Chu during the Eastern Zhou folk song "cock song", reached later, crowing song combined with the shadow, the evolution of "cock chamber." Shadow artists Jianghan with "tongue flower", "mouth aroma", "face chromophore", "Head of Health Light" concert skills, constantly revised, after the "Weeding Song" before blending into song cavity, Jianghan shadow become the main vocals, is a traditional Chinese music live "fossil." It is a unique Jianghan shadow tone tone plate is divided into six categories: male chamber, female cavity, the cavity ugly, miscellaneous coloratura, day official blessing cavity, eight is not on the chamber. Song of the cavity has been declining at present, Jianghan shadow around to sing Mianyang Yu Gu cavity based. "Yu Gu cavity" because singing apparatus "Yu Gu tube" is named. Till the dawn to the late Qing (about 1900 or so), Yu Gu Mianyang completely merge the two chambers with shadow and blend into a unique shadow of Yu Gu cavity and replace most of the songs cavity shadow.

interpretation Mianyang Yu Gu

Mian Yang Yu Gu shadow concert aria of flat cavity, sad cavity, fishtail chamber (or say Pteris cavity), pipa cavity, miscellaneous coloratura five. Using genuine singer voice, jump-degree scale, wide range, timbre America, Gao Hang, melody, emotions and very moving. Mianyang folklore "look leather, boil eyelids, hit the drum head home at midnight, his wife endure boring spleen pinched brow," the ballad, which shows shadow has great allure. The late Qing Dynasty, lights in the theater (shadow puppet) artists collaborate with artists Yu Gu, Yu Gu to use lights in opera accompaniment. To the dynasty, Mianyang Yu Gu artists gradually abandoned the "single port to play slip" concert form, steering play accompaniment for the lights in the development, the formation of lamplight, Yu Gu confluence. Yu Gu after confluence by the Xiantao development Tianmen, Honghu, Qianjiang and other counties (city). An accompaniment playing grown to a man beat drum playing board expanded to "five head", ie drums, cymbals, gongs, small gong, horse gongs, singing by one person solo into a sing all together, tunes also increased [ male flat cavity], [female flat cavity], [ugly flat cavity], [Han flat cavity], etc. [miscellaneous coloratura] also absorbed some blend of folk, opera tone.

Xiantao shadow show backstage

If Mianyang sad shadow men and women in the cavity, resembles Jianghan women crying and sad Huagu cavity, sad sad, tear-jerking. Especially the shadow of the end of each sentence lyrics "shake the burden" (artist called "button"), is a public and sing the "chime" (called "rejection cavity"), with "hey, cough, yeah, yo." and other nonsense syllables, adding extended meaning of the word and the willingness to expand musical structure, in up to a dozen or dozens of syllables and syllables to sing in the ups and downs, forceful, fast-paced, extremely rich, particularly melodious, people for a long time to listen to tire. Mianyang shadow singing total of 50 species, in addition to the main tune outside Mianyang Yu Gu, then blend Mianyang Flower Drum Opera cavity, with the rhythm cheerful, lively, bright tunes Kang, bold and so on. Early Yu Gu shadow without orchestral accompaniment, only Yu Gu Yun plate cylinder and playing beats, drums, cymbals, gongs, small gong, gong horse slapstick Taiwan, interlude and vocal interlude. Especially Jane Yu Gu tube plates and two tone light and heavy instruments, rhythm urgency, to heighten the atmosphere. Start shadow class consists of three to four persons, two palm shadow and singer, a person operating Yu Gu, cloud board, a person "playing folders in hand" (drums, etc.). Later, the introduction of instrumental music (dulcimer, erhu, Pipa, flute, etc.) to add female artists singing accompaniment and poetess, shadow classes increased to five to eight people, to further enhance the artistic effect of the shadow singing; plus clothing light plane view, expanding sound equipment, so shadow highly artistic appeal. (Three) lyrics come from literature, fiction, literary poetry, folk tales of various dynasties. Scripts generally very short, are a performer under the plot and characterization story unfolds, improvisation lyricist. Language arts, dialects character asks, mixed folk sayings, proverbs, twisters, dialects, etc., humorous witty, full of local flavor and folk flavor, make the audience very intimacy. Mianyang Yu Gu shadow play, concert early form of "single-port to play slip."

Jianghan shadow

"single-port fight slip" libretto, there are two, one is the traditional fixed libretto, such as the "Eight Immortals", "The two busy," artist called "stay the word '; One is the "ho water", ie improvisation, see what what to sing, flexible, focusing on the psychological and laugh cater to the owner. Singing mainly [flat cavity], [crying soul chamber], [priests chamber], [fishtail chamber], [lute chamber], [Guanyin chamber], [miscellaneous coloratura]. Libretto of "three, three, four," the ten words, "two, two, three," the seven words and the "five, five, seven, five," the Short Sentence three. There is a large segment lyrics rhyme in the end, and each one rhyme two kinds. Used Yunmu divided into "light disappeared, boards, repair, songs, linen, ocean, on, pro, good for, g, four, medium and blessing." Mianyang Yu Gu shadow libretto "fifteen rhyme" and poetry rhyme "Thirteen rut" the same. Concert artist Yu Gu shadow, must be proficient in phonology, especially directed to sing "ho water word" is, there must be Chukouchengzhang, rhyme Hezhe. (Four) repertoire of stories to attract people who are interested in novels, legends, can by the artist "ho water" (verbal to sing). Therefore, Yu Gu libretto little more numerous statistics. Handed down tracks such as "paragraph 43", "Wu Han Murder", "swim Qianlong Jiangnan", "Luo Tong sweep north", "Legend", "call home will," "Gods", "Orientation , "" against Tang Xue Gang, "" King Cat "and other tomes, a comic opera staged three months is extremely common. (Five) and the addition of artists performing shadow moving stage, rigid sheet sets, electrical equipment, stunt slide and other facilities.

Jianghan shadow

water, fire, wind, clouds, thunder, rain, etc. can be manifested; images also from the side of the eyes, the eyes of the dead, dead eyes, mouth to live, Live mouth; actress has also always singing actress, thus changing the shadow of the stage actor dominated situation, so that television audiences. Drama in a variety of figures, animals and props are used with leather craft techniques Mianyang Silhouette elaborately carved. Artists so that they can each joint activity, the placement of the lever, made of thin cloth behind the screen by artists operating performances, with various types of props, scenery, lighting the image through the display on the screen Mapping out, colorful, like movies in general. (Six) historical records

Mianyang County

According to the "Mianyang County" records, the Ming and Qing, Mianyang area where the office will do, thanksgiving there singing Shadow of the customs. Liberation shadow or people New Year, Harvest, thank god, temple festival's main entertainment activities. Fifteenth day Lantern Festival play "big back" kiln; land Bodhisattva February birthday speech "will land"; March 3 is the Cold Food Festival, play "burnt Mianshan"; April eight ritual speech "hoop hoop array '; May Dragon Boat Festival play "Tears Luo River"; June 6 Ji Yang Si will exercise "Conquers"; July 7 speech "Magpie Bridge crossing"; August 15 speech "emperor Tour moon." Entertainment and entertain the people of God, shadow adds a festive atmosphere. Edit this paragraph craft Jingchu hinterland of Jianghan Plain is located north of the Han River, south to the Yangtze River, is the birthplace of Chu culture, Chu rich cultural heritage, ancient bronze, wood carving and leather hard, Mianyang carved paper cutting soft carving prepare for the birth of a good shadow prerequisite, shadow find here the breed and prosperity of the soil. According to research, as early as in the late Ming and early Qing Xie Mianyang area where God will hold things, holidays, has the habit of singing shadow, over time they formed a unique style and carving characteristics.

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Jianghan operated shadow shadow shadow about two feet two inches long, is a "keeper spectrum" class big shadow, it is more than Sichuan, Shaanxi shadow four inches high, compared with eastern Hubei Shadow two inches tall, tall Kampf make it visually clearer. Most use a "Pygmalion", "soup grid", "Guo grid" and "Young" four styles. "Pigg" as Xiantao embankment Pisi gold embroidery, Pisi silver created by two brothers, the shadow produced delicate, like a positive and negative, were paper-cut style; "Tom grid" for the Qianjiang Wangchang shadow created by carving master Tang Yutang, its shadow pattern with flowers and fine reflexes; "Guo grid" as the father of Qianjiang Sanjiangkou Guotai Biao (birth and death, name unknown) are invasive, particularly lifelike figures handed down; "Young" as the original Mianyang shadow of the team members Yangshuang Lin Chong, shadow stature than other styles filmmakers slender, big hole, good light transmission. Shadow is the use of the material made of leather, for robustness and transparency considerations, preferably Youyi leather and animal skin. The main use of color, red, yellow, blue, green, black and five solid colors of transparent pigments. Because of these special materials, making shadow figures and props in the post backlight shining shadow projected onto a screen appears on the magnificent and crystal clear, has a unique beauty.

Mianyang Shadow

followed the traditional opera habit, shadow figures have been divided for a living, Dan, net, end of the ugly five categories, more specifically, by the head of each figure, the upper body , lower body, legs, two upper arms, two lower arms and hands put together eleven composition, performer neck collar by controlling the character in front of a main bar and at the end of the two hands playing the rod to make all kinds of people to make kind of action. Hubei Jianghan Plain Shadow Shadow of the most distinctive style, the most widely circulated region, the most influential shadow. The main features of Jianghan shadow with dramatic styling, like the case of stereotypes stereotype modeling. From the visual point of view, is the positive side of the main shape orientation. Compared with the theater, it is more virtual and inclusive, can be described as: three feet twisted raw silk can be used for day, but also for the land, both fantasyland, but also the inch of land, not for the limited space. Jianghan shadow of numerous portraits, informal one line of business classification method. A bear shadow boxes generally require a male Fenlian chieftain 15-20, men handsome, emperors, fish Fenlian, hair Fenlian etc.; female Fenlian chieftain 10-15, there are artistes, Zhengdan, female handsome , Coronet, nuns, etc.; Baikal chieftain 15-20 with saffron face, black painted face, miscellaneous painted face, female Baikal, etc.; old men and women of four longitudinal godfathers, men and vertical, female vertical, said public road po, ​​etc.; rape cop chief 6-8, there are old, small crafty, Jian Wang, etc.; ugly bitch chieftain 10-15, old, medium and small, female shake once, stand together, etc.; various specialized chieftain 20 - 30. Totaling more than 120 chief (portraits) in order to deal with various repertoire, so characters accurate. The most striking of these shadow puppets are those dedicated avatar shapes, such as Bao: a carved and painted on the amount of

Mianyang Shadow

represents the yin and yang of the sun and moon figure, a symbol of Bao Shan hell breaking injustice. Red, white and black with the pattern spreads over his forehead, so that both the prestige and good image of Bao Zheng, Lei Zhenzai (Gods in one God) avatar is: a Thunder monkey face, a beak, face fierce, look extraordinary, people see at a glance is a God of martial arts will; dragon avatar is a living leader: Green asparagus, Gao Qiao Long nose, red long hair half cover a palm-leaf fan big ears. Even Long nose on two half-half of the volume of meat must also stretched out, a visual image of live dragon dragon alive; Again the Young Gods any avatar, two medium long with two hands, looks strange, new and interesting. Jianghan Shadow both exquisite decorative beauty, more elegant and romantic way exaggerated. Fenlian, female denier, must pay attention to hygiene avatar handsome, clean, no branches without vine; painted face, evil villain, clown, etc. avatar is more exaggerated. Evil villain in general represents the villain, his face carved with a water ripple like stumbling blades of grass, symbolizing the human evil intents, mettle not straight. Clown mask more interesting: people's eyes hanging below a gourd-shaped red mound, known as the Arts eye bolt. Some provinces shadow of Harlequin, is carved on the nose with a clown on the stage drama like tofu. Because the image is a shadow side, from the modeling point of view, not only the image of the clown on the stage drama that sense of humor, on the contrary, the side of the clown image appears rigid, sluggish, but similar to the evil villain.
Jianghan ugly shadow clown in interesting shapes, plus support filmmakers will continue to shake the shadow shaking, mouth constantly tells funny humor of the story, acoustic shadow to match, especially heartwarming cool pregnant. There is also a shadow shadow figure called inspection hall is designed to be the most interesting. This no surname nameless small role, is the entire shadow play indispensable figure, he plays a connecting plot, gag, as the role of a variety of roles. Shadow shadow half height compared to other high head nailed directly on the body. Small head, big belly, legs short and thin, - wiping water chestnut Hu, an eye bolt, said proudly, while little head can be rotated into the circle, he was a play, it angered the crowd laugh, this similar life dwarf-like character modeling, though it is shaped shadow on the narrow, but it is also an artistic exaggeration. Drama about the flag on the back third of the height of the body, while the shadow on the shadow of tall backrest flag only one-tenth. Shadow of the hand is part of a larger range of motion, for convenience, the proportion is quite narrow hands several times. Shadow man's head is much bigger, but overall did not seem very top heavy, would think that the actual situation properly focused, this is another big shadow modeling elements. Such as a theater in a variety of figures, animals and props are used with leather Mianyang (Bristol) Silhouette craft techniques elaborately carved. Xiantao City is the "art of Hubei Province, the hometown of" Mianyang carved paper-cut as "Chinese paper-cut," an important part of the selected UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Heritage of Humanity. As Chu earth folk art treasures, Mianyang carved paper-cut (level intangible cultural heritage) to compose the lush full, clear monochrome actual situation, workers are fluent knife, breaking works fine rigorous, struck beautiful symmetry, lines stretch mellow, with King implication teaser, pattern plump balanced, with realistic and impressionistic, deformation without losing the prototype, artistic language rich, intense flavor and decorate a unique style.

Mianyang carved paper-cut

edit this section of the Huai Gong Gong masters of the Huai (1907-1993), male, Han nationality, Mianyang (now Bristol City) Long Shang mouths. Shadow team Mianyang Yu Gu is the founder. Before the liberation, embrace Yu Gu along the door to catch the wine, tea cappella. Marco Polo Bridge Incident, along with other artists wandering Huangpi Huang Yutang, should the city, Xiaogan, Wuhan and other places. After the liberation, Mianyang County People's Government will organize scattered shadow artists, but also pull up the county Shadow excellent team, do skin theaters, fixed in Xiantao Peng market performances and other large towns. Shadow artists to display their talent ever since the place, life is assured. Shadow team since 1952 after the establishment of the mouth during long walk back and forth, to participate in the land reform movement, clear bandit hegemony and other publicity. In 1953, he adapted shadow "Wu hit stores" in the province's folk music, dance parade won the first prize. 1958 in the National Opera Performance, the Mianyang Yu Gu to the country, officially named "Hubei Yu Gu." Yu Gu various singing in his "Hubei rap music integration," published on the first episode. Mianyang original folk art shadow team in his leadership, innovation, is the most artistic of Jianghan Plain Shadow team. Pre-Cultural Revolution, folk shadow team traveled around in Hubei. Do not Tao Tao Yang Yang, stage name of another foreign (1912-1988), male, Han nationality, Mianyang Mao Guanghua mouth people. Do not follow the path from childhood uncle Wu Yang Yun Yu Gu chamber was learning to sing along the door to catch the wine, after singing teahouse shadow. Do Tao Yang clever artistry in concert to surpass the level of the older artist's concert. He Yu Gu libretto great deal of research, with the folk idioms and dialects (ie jingle) combined with a libretto so that people listened to each is laughter. Xu Yuan in the vicinity of the liberation he sings "looked Henan," a play, widow Tian family night sigh with grief Yu Gu cavity sing audience was silent. Opera venue a weeping widow heard runny nose, home to commit suicide, thanks to the collar ranks rescue. Do Tao Yang is the day, dive, Mian Yu Gu shadow of the most famous old artist. His lyrics and singing popular around the Jianghan Plain, do Xiantao largest ocean is a martial art (ie, do not send), and his successors are Xiantao Gao Feng into shadow respected artists. 1988, do not Tao Yang died, Xiantao shadow over artists are to attend the funeral, mourners do foreign names veteran artists. Jianghan shadow "Tang grid" Tangxian Cheng Jianghan Plain shadow representative inheritors of the project, "Tom grid" shadow eighth successors, in 2008 twenty-year-old son Tang Ruihua has become the "Tang grid" Shadow ninth generation; Jianghan Shadow "Guo grid" Liu Love,2013 New Adidas Soccer, project representative inheritors, pass only He Liangtian, Zhaoshan Xin Zhu on behalf Xiong, LIU Zhi-Hui, who long led the land in Jianghan Plain generation tour, Liu Love's daughter, Jianghan shadow sculpture next generation one successor. Edit this paragraph the value of the principal value of Jianghan shadow (a) on the Chinese literary history, music history research value. Jianghan was originally an important birthplace of Chu culture, Jianghan shadow reserved Chu, Chu Yun, and the music is extremely important. (Two) Jianghan Plain folk literature, music, customs and still learning the heritage value. Jianghan Shadow live performance improvisation folk oral literature, the performance of the dialect slang, is a typical local style, complete and lively genre painting. Meanwhile, it is a local music tradition, customs, moral and other elements in an aesthetic and original flavor of having only carrier, the preservation of local culture can alleviate the impact of the market economy, the world's leading Datong variability and the role of local culture lost . (Three) the source of Jianghan Plain sculpture studies and aesthetic value. Jianghan Jianghan shadow shadow carving art on the art of aesthetic, its carved features, rheological studies with the source value. In shape, especially in the Jianghan Plain shadow pattern fine, realistic character modeling, and other areas of domestic indoor performances shadow shape comparison, with its fine craftsmanship, vivid, sleek stretch, known for big shadow, forming a shadow outdoors Jianghan performances unique artistic style and aesthetic characteristics. (Four) practical value. Excavation, rescue, protection Jianghan shadow on our heritage of traditional folk music, loved by the people to protect traditional art forms, strengthen the building of spiritual civilization, rich cultural life of the masses, building a socialist harmonious society, will have an important role in promoting. Edit this paragraph heritage

Shadow Scene

Xiantao shadow generation to generation descendant of founding of New China concert personnel increased. Carved, high-pitched singing shadow gave Xiantao Mianyang bring a lot of people laugh and glory. 1951, Xiantao, Hubei Province has also set up a shadow play troupe first, and was invited to be included in the motherland goodwill mission, four shadow artists condolences Chinese People's Volunteers to North Korea to encourage the soldiers fought bravely, defending the homeland. Carved, high-pitched singing shadow gave Xiantao Mianyang bring a lot of people laugh and glory. In 1953, the shadow of the artist Gong Huai writing and performance "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" in the province and the Central Bureau won the first prize. March 1955, went to provincial act,Nike CTR360 TF, Mianyang shadow "Wu Song Fights the Tiger" won the first prize will evolve; 1957 shadow "repairer in mind," in Hubei Radio recording, China Record Club to the nation issued in 1988, West Germany National shadow delegation watched the shadow of Mianyang, the images obtained from two leather back home, and on display at the State Museum; May 1981, the Central Ministry of Culture and the National Association of shadow puppet leaders to Mianyang, watched the shadow "Flaming", the singing of the play is very appreciated. Provincial TV stations also went to shoot a group presentation Mianyang shadow documentary. For a time, the city's shadow team development support to more than 40, more than 300 staff for art, creating a "village embankment embankment play shadow" of the landscape. Shadow early in Xiantao Mianyang City, "Bear" ah, people love leather shadow show. When there is a shadow play performances, ten folks shaking goose feather fan long ago put wherever he goes around the brim. Child sipping plum, while learning to play action leather shadow play. Previous stage shows are paved with wooden planks, a battle to play, martial arts, when actor Competition is the porter, who played into his feet stomping effort on the large, sound hit. Two actors expressed through stomping fierce fighting. And the old man also particularly appreciate Mianyang can stage performances fell below the board below the team, which has become a kind of performance teams show strength test. Which team performances sound bigger movement, people are willing to come pick them perform. And in recent years, because a large number of influential shadow artist or advanced age, leave the stage, or die in succession, resulting in many skills, genre lost, plus viewers fault, shadow puppets performing groups dropped, the city is just a shadow artist nearly 100 people, of which only about 20 people in the rural areas persist year-round performances, nearly 30 people during the amateur performance. Shadow caused the endangered status of Xiantao city government's attention. Xiantao municipal government held a meeting to study the revitalization shadow kind of issues. Xiantao City, the cultural sector guidance established folk artists associations and privately owned and privately shadow, self-financing Mianyang Shadow Art Troupe. City Department of Finance to the "things to raise money" approach, to give appropriate support for shadow play artists, focus on training the Li Rui Zhi, Gongjin Ting, Zhang Jingping shadow cultural centers, more than 10 households.

Shadow live performances

especially in the last two years, the city established a Gongzuozhuanban actively declare provincial, national non-material cultural heritage protection projects, and through a variety of effective ways to promote protect Mianyang shadow. Has organized a "good neighbor" shadow enjoy the cool evenings, sports plaza "Cultural Heritage Day" shadow puppet show and municipal plaza "civilized city inspection welcome" shadow reporting performance and other large-scale performances. National "eight Arts Festival" period, the city also specially organized cultural sector works in the provincial museum Shadow participate in non-material cultural heritage in kind exhibited improved Mianyang Shadow of the visibility and reputation. Last year, the city's three professional teams shadow over 1,050 performances, the audience of more than 30 million. It seems people in the shadow arts, shadow living conditions improved, but tradition and innovation captivity. Town shadow artist Gongjin Ting Cheng said that only in the tradition of innovation, innovation in tradition, in order to promote the art of shadow play, can develop. In recent years, Gongjin Ting finishing, adaptation of a number of traditional shadow play, created a number of modern subjects shadow play, shadow play traditional repertoire throughout the year does not repeat, play New shadow people laugh, benefit from it. In the long-term artistic practice, Xiantao City Shadow troupe created a number of excellent traditional and modern repertoire, and went to South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and other performances, the audience at home and abroad and artists highly. May 20, 2006, the State Council approved the Jianghan Plain shadow included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. June 13, 2009, Xiantao City, Hubei Province, Yu Gu shadow was selected second batch of intangible cultural heritage list. There are now Xiantao Shadow Troupe 15, shadow play artists nearly 300 people, the annual active in the streets of the village, past the "Wuli sing three hubs, shadow play embankment embankment village," the spectacular, and the earth to reproduce in Xiantao .