Modern Transformation Design And Application Of Shadow Puppetry Visual Elements In Hua County

The Shadow Play also known as Puppetry Drama and Lamp shadow.It is the excellent traditional culture that cultivated in thousands years of cultural history of Chinese nation.Due to the Huaxian Shadow Play has distinct artistic characteristics and extremely abundant culture value,it was collected by the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage list.People who carries musical instruments and puppetries gently sing the joy and sorrows of the life in the background.A large part of characters and a small part of scene and props formed the Huaxian Shadow Play which is sophisticated and marvelous great craftsmanship.The appropriate and elegant visual element,which decorated with plum blossoms,orchids,bamboos and chrysanthemums and filled with the pattern of snowflakes,fish scales,pine needles and so on,was very popular in folk in ancient time.The visual element with bright color,exquisite pattern,great aesthetic appreciation,blended in local folk characters.Under the background of Huaxian Shadow Play’s popularity declined,it is necessary to search a way to practically protect Chinese Intangible Culture Heritage like Huaxian Shadow Play.This thesis aims to visual elements of Huaxian’s Shadow Play as its study object.First,we start our research from the origin,function and cultural values and explore the style and evolution of the Huaxian Shadow Play.Second,this article analysis around the visual elements like head,geometry,plants and animals of Huaxian Shadow Play.Then summary the colors,expressive themes and characters of Huaxian Shadow Play and grasp traditional and modern performance form.Deconstruct the visual element image of Huaxian Shadow Play.Then reconstruct and transform it with muti-thinking perceptual modern idea through combining theory with designing practise.Make the productions in accordance with aesthetics of modern designing and keep the characteristics of Huaxian Shadow Play.From the heritage development of traditional skills to the transmission of artistic features,this article takes the H5 new carrier and cultural creative products as designing practice of visual element of the Shadow Play to attain the propose of continuing its vitality.