Research On Arts Of The Heilongjiang Shadow Play

Shadow play is the earliest drama in our country, which could go out of the country and participate in the world. Shadow play is also the earliest art of curtain film in the world and the foreign scholars legalize that the Chinese shadow play is the antecedence of latter-day film. The civilian shadow play has long history and abundant connotation. It is a very important art configuration of folk civilization and amusement of our country. After thousands of years' development, the art of shadow play carries the local tradition and folk culture with folk convention. In the development of, shadow play generates independent form of plastic arts, so it does be one part of the arts.It has been more than 250 years since the shadow play came into Hei Longjiang Proviene. Longjiang Shadow Play has been praised as one of the three largest provinces of shadow play since the 1950s and has been invited to perform in the Huai Ren Tang of Zhongnanhai. Based on the broad discussion of Chinese shadow play which bears art form of national characteristic, the development of Heilongjiang Shadow Play is studied from art point of view. The plastic arts of Longjiang Shadow Play has special expressive force and format beauty as the same as other districts. It spreads widely and generates great effects, which indicates its important art value and cultural value. The art of Heilongjiang Shadow Play has close relation with folk art. By digging the cultural value of shadow play itself, the Heilongjiang Shadow Play is appraised and orientated rightly while the protecting measure for it should be searched. Heilongjiang Shadow Play has been invited by friends of Germany, France and Korea before. Since 1985, it has been invited to Japan to perform for several thousand scenes commercially. All of these show adequately prove that Heilongjiang Shadow Play has very important position in the Chinese shadow plays and it is also one part of folk arts. It reflects the realistic lives, ideal and pursuit of the people by ancient and naive art instrument. Its countless treasures are worthy of apotheosis of beauty.