[Explanation] On the evening of June 8, the opening ceremony of Zhangjiang Town Intangible Heritage Theme Cultural Week and the opening ceremony of Zhangjiang Haipai Shadow Puppet Cultural Park in 2021 "Searching for Beauty Intangible Heritage Culture and Inheriting the Red Spirit" was held in Shanghai.

The overall planning area of ​​Zhangjiang Haipai Shadow Play Cultural Park is about 80,000 square meters. It is the first cultural park with the theme of Shanghai Haipai Shadow Play in Shanghai.

　　The park is mainly divided into five parts: the Shanghai style water curtain stage, the red boat of the South Lake shadow puppets, the shadow puppet exhibition hall, the shadow puppet theater and the one hundred red shadow puppets exhibition.

The Haipai water curtain stage uses technology + shadow puppets to show the audience the shadow puppet water curtain show; the shadow puppet exhibition hall displays shadow puppets, shadow puppet props and other objects to let the audience understand the origin and principle of shadow puppetry; the shadow puppet show performed in the shadow puppet theater allows the audience to We reviewed the "shadow puppet show" in their childhood... The diverse expressions of shadow puppetry in the park made the citizens who came to watch it also full of praise.

　　[Concurrent] Audience Ms. Sun

　　We have seen the shadow puppets when we were young, and haven't seen it for many years now, and I feel that it really seems to be back to the past, back to childhood.

　　[Concurrent] Audience Mr. Chen

　　I knew before that shadow puppets probably originated in Shaanxi, including Shanxi, but I have never heard of (shadow puppets) in Shanghai, so I stopped by to take a look and thought it was pretty good.

　　[Concurrent] Small audience

　　I prefer Monkey King when he fights and think he is cool.

　　[Commentary] Zhangjiang Haipai Shadow Puppet Cultural Park Jiang Wenbao said that the cultural park will be dedicated to building a base for the protection of traditional culture, so that more people can understand and learn about the application of intangible cultural heritage.

　　As an intangible cultural heritage of mankind, Chinese shadow puppets have been included in the art textbooks of Shanghai primary schools.

Jiang Wenbao said that to pass on "shadow puppets", "campus" is essential.

In the future, the "play road" of shadow puppets will be broadened, and education themes such as fire fighting and transportation will be made, so that shadow puppets can enter the hearts of more students.

　　[Concurrent] Jiang Wenbao, Head of Zhangjiang Haipai Shadow Play Cultural Park

　　For example, shadow puppets for fire safety, including shadow puppets for traffic safety, will be developed for schools and students' education, because the carrier of shadow puppets can make a lot of things.

　　[Explanation] An intangible cultural heritage forum was also set up during the Cultural Week, inviting cross-regional and cross-category intangible cultural heritage experts and scholars, as well as the inheritors and protection units of various intangible cultural heritage projects in the Yangtze River Delta to discuss and exchange together Innovation in inheritance.

　　Reporter Xu Mingrui from Shanghai

Editor in charge: [Chen Haifeng]