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Shadow Play, one of the oldest drama form in China, is named lamp shadow Play, It origined from the Han Dynasty, prevailed in the Tang Song, flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Up to the present still reserved its primitive style and feature in Chinese folk. People select the superior cowhide as its raw material, after paring, rubbing, washing, engraving, bepainting and otherwise 24 craft steps, then engrave it for more than 3000 knives with special care by their own hands. The artistic creativity of shadow figure derived its technique and style from the Chinese Han Dynasty silk painting, portraits of stone, brick painting and Tang Song temple mural, its modeling is exquisite and unique, engraving is exquisite, color painting is elegant, and it totally manifested that Chinese traditional culture is broad and profound, the folk art is pure and honest. West Qin shadow figure is the representative one of Shaanxi east road shadow figure. It has smooth line, it's smart and exquisite, the character is lifelike, has extremely high appreciation and collection value.
The author of the shadow figure called Liu Junhu is the inheritor of 'the Liu shadow figure', its three generations are engaged in the shadow figure manufacture. The magnum opus are <
>, <> the character image in << Heroes of the Marshes >>, deity Kao(the loricae certain roles wear in the drama), horse Kao, emperor, empress, high-ranked imperial concubine, Zhongkui, mammon, the god of longevity, dragon, phenix and so on, the carving technic is exquisite, the character is lifelike. It successively wins fine prize of the Dalian folk craft exposition and so on.
Shaanxi is the headstream of remote antiquity deceased emperor clan culture, the center of the new stoneware culture fastigium, the politics cultural centers of 13 dynasties in Chinese history, also the earliest place where Chinese nation history civilization moved towards the world. The deeply accumulated Chinese culture in 5000 years, endows the big place with abstruse connotation, and the national culture has been known far and wide. Baoji, called Chencang at ancient time, is the first place the Chinese nation multiplied, and the hometown of Huaxia ancestor Yan emperor, the birthplace of Chou&Qin dynasty. The Taoism, Buddhism, the Confucianism culture collection place, the glorious history, accomplished the bright national culture.
Baoji always has the fine reputation of 'township of the bronzeware' 'township of the folk industrial art'.
The historical glorious Baoji folk handicraft emanates the relique and ancient rhyme of Chou Qin culture, glitters the wonderful light and extraordinary splendor of Chinese primitive civilization.
In recent years, Fengxiang Baoji clay sculpture horse, clay sculpture sheep is selected one after another in 2, 002 - 2003 for 'the national namecard' - the main body design of postage stamp; In 2006, Baoji Shehuo, the clay sculpture, the wood engraving lunar new year's painting were evaluated 'the national nonmaterial cultural heritage'. All these fully showed the artistic charm which the three Qin folk craft owned!
Baoji Tianyan folk handicraft limited liability corporation devotes itself to digging and spreading the folk art, exhibits rare handicraft works which were buried in the folk and shows the enchanting artistic charm to the common people, makes the ancient folk art to glow the youth, and recasts its refulgence!
Tianyan corporation collects and coordinates large quantities of higher artistic appreciation and collection value folk handicrafts which are rich in bright local color and cultural color, such as fabric craftwork, paper-cut, embroidery, wooden horse spoon styles of makeup, shadow figures, clay sculpture-Its aim is to show 'The Chinese culture is well-established, the nationality artistic charm exists forever' to the world, and enables more folk craftwork to step on the stage of world art communication, let the true folk art spirit meaning hand down to the later generation!
