During the National Day holiday, the Huining County Cultural Center welcomed a group of special guests, who participated in a unique traditional cultural experience activity - shadow puppet making, to understand and inherit this intangible cultural heritage with a long history.
Under the teacher's patient guidance, the students started with the basic preparation of shadow puppet materials, learned how to select and handle cowhides, and then tried to carve on cowhides. The children were attentive one by one, and the carving knife in their hands moved gently with the lines, although the technique was a little immature, but the concentration and seriousness were touching.
Zhang Zexi, a student in Class 6 of the sixth grade of Beiguan Primary School: Today I listened to the history of shadow puppetry, and I also made shadow puppets by myself, learned how to make shadow puppets, how to apply colors, and also experienced a lot of fun. We must learn to make shadow puppets and pass on this intangible cultural heritage.
Shadow puppetry, as one of the ancient traditional art forms in China, has a history of more than 2,000 years, and its unique artistic charm and cultural value are not only included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage, but also a bright pearl in the cultural treasure house of the mainland. Through this activity, students were not only able to get up close and personal with this traditional art, but also to make shadow puppets and experience the subtlety of their craftsmanship.
Cheng Dingyu, the inheritor of Huining shadow puppetry: On the occasion of the National Day holiday, I gave guidance to the children and culture lovers in Huining about the shadow puppet skills passed down by my ancestors for generations, the knowledge of shadow puppet production, dyeing, and skin selection, and told the children in detail about some knife carving skills, pushing, pulling, fixing the knife, and moving the skin.
This shadow puppet making activity not only allowed the children to spend a meaningful National Day holiday, but also planted the seeds of inheriting intangible cultural heritage in their hearts. Through personal experience, more young people have the opportunity to contact and learn traditional culture, and more importantly, they can feel the unique charm and profound heritage of traditional culture, participate in the inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage, and contribute to the inheritance of excellent traditional Chinese culture.
Cheng Dingyu, inheritor of Huining shadow puppetry: The main purpose is to pass on the shadow puppet making skills I have learned, as well as the intangible cultural heritage culture such as shadow puppetry, forever and forever, so that people can pass on these arts from generation to generation.
(Huining financial media reporter Yang Long)