【Explanation】The shadow puppet show has a history of more than two thousand years. It is the world's first active film art dubbed by people, and it has the reputation of "the ancestor of film".
"Talking about the past, dancing with a million soldiers with both hands" refers to the shadow puppet show.
[Explanation] In Yuanlong Village, Minning Town, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, there is a highly skilled "craftsman", from shadow puppet production to opera arrangement, all by himself.
Every weekend, he performed a shadow puppet show for the villagers, which made everyone full of praise.
[Concurrent] Zhao Zengtao, the inheritor of the autonomous region-level shadow puppet production
When I was almost 30 years old, it has been (in the past) more than 20 years. I suddenly (accidentally) saw an art exhibition about shadow puppets in Beijing. At that time, its beauty deeply moved me. I said that I would be engaged in this for my life. industry.
[Explanation] In 2002, Zhao Zengtao returned to Ningxia after studying with great concentration in Beijing.
A shadow puppet training class was opened in 2007.
In order to let more people know and like shadow puppets, in 2012, he began to travel around with his students.
[Concurrent] Zhao Zengtao, the inheritor of the autonomous region-level shadow puppet production
Later, I came to Ningxia and taught a lot of students, so (then) I took them to production, entrepreneurship, national tour, and walked all the way from Harbin to Shenzhen, and finally stayed in Shenzhen.
In Shenzhen, some modern cultural elements have been absorbed, so that it can be more suitable for modern people's appreciation habits, and can be in line with modern people's beauty.
[Explanation] Zhao Zengtao has incorporated modern elements into shadow puppetry, but he has not lost his traditional feelings.
[Concurrent] Zhao Zengtao, the inheritor of the autonomous region-level shadow puppet production
We have created many shadow puppets in the past, including last year's "The God of Plague" and "Materia Medica Corps". We also created some red themes this year, but I feel that some of the most touching (themes) are related to traditional culture.
Especially in "Journey to the West", I have filmed so many (shadow puppets), no matter whether I go abroad or at home, everyone likes to watch "Journey to the West".
When the music melody sounded, I liked it very much, and the old people and children liked it very much.
[Explanation] Zhao Zengtao believes that if traditional culture is to be inherited and developed, it is necessary for the younger generation to take over the "baton" of the older generation.
[Concurrent] Zhao Zengtao, the inheritor of the autonomous region-level shadow puppet production
How to get into school?
How to get into the heart of a child?
Let art take root in the child, give him a seed, take root (root) into his heart, it will surely sprout in the end, it will definitely grow up, and only then can Chinese culture be passed on.
(Xie Yu Ningxia Yinchuan report)
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]