On the afternoon of May 20, "The sun and the moon in the world, heaven and earth in the shadow" exhibition of shadow puppets collected by Prince Gong's Mansion Museum opened in Prince Gong's Mansion Museum. The exhibition shows more than 200 high-quality products of more than 9000 shadow puppets in the collection of Prince Gong's Mansion Museum, covering many local styles, presenting a variety of modeling features and regional cultural features. It is reported that the exhibition will last until August 15.
On May 20, old artists from Zhushan County, Hubei Province performed shadow play music in Prince Gong's Palace Museum. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
Shadow puppetry has a long history, and the earliest record can be found in the Western Han Dynasty: "It is shaped like a stick, with five people working separately, the lights and stars suddenly competing, the shadows and people spreading, and the restoration of the plateau, that is, the grand view of shape, which was called" the great work "by people at that time. As a unique art variety ingeniously combining traditional art and traditional opera, shadow puppets span thousands of years, witness the traces of history, carry the precipitation of time, and have a strong folk flavor.
Guests are visiting the shadow puppets on display. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
Qi Rushan (1877-1962) described the situation of "raising classes" in various royal palaces in Beijing in "A Study of the Ancient Capital's Hundred Dramas": "In the past, the royal palaces were very good at making movies, such as King Yi, King Su, King Li, King Zhuang, King Che, and so on. There were movie boxes and actors who ate money". In 2019, Sun Dongning, a research librarian of Prince Kung's Mansion Museum, found the photo clip and related draft of Li Fu, the leader of the shadow puppet troupe in Jizhou collected by Zhou Jinliang, when investigating the shadow puppet in Jizhou. At the same time, he found the "rent collection license of Li Fu, a tenant of Prince Kung's Mansion in Liuguanzhuang, Xilonghuyu Town, Jizhou, during the Guangxu period", which became an important clue for planning this exhibition.
Prince Gong's Palace Museum has a collection of more than 9000 shadow puppets, and more than 200 boutiques are on display. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
It is reported that currently, 9210 shadow puppets in the collection of Prince Gong's Mansion Museum, including works in Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and other regions, are roughly divided into four categories: stubble, figure, animal, and scenery. All kinds of themes show a rich and colorful shape and unique style of regional culture.
Old artists from Zhushan County, Hubei Province are performing representative shadow plays. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
This exhibition not only displays the first batch of Jizhou shadow puppets, drawings, shadow rolls, relevant pictures and text materials related to Prince Gong's Palace shadow puppets troupe, but also exhibits the treasures in the museum's collection of shadow puppets. At the same time, it also invites the shadow carving skills and representative plays that are still alive in Jizhou and Hubei to perform in Beijing, It fully reflects the cultural responsibility of Prince Gong's Mansion Museum as a national first-class museum.
On the afternoon of May 20, "The sun and the moon in the world, heaven and earth in the shadow" exhibition of shadow puppets collected by Prince Gong's Mansion Museum opened in Prince Gong's Mansion Museum. The exhibition shows more than 200 high-quality products of more than 9000 shadow puppets in the collection of Prince Gong's Mansion Museum, covering many local styles, presenting a variety of modeling features and regional cultural features. It is reported that the exhibition will last until August 15.
On May 20, old artists from Zhushan County, Hubei Province performed shadow play music in Prince Gong's Palace Museum. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
Shadow puppetry has a long history, and the earliest record can be found in the Western Han Dynasty: "It is shaped like a stick, with five people working separately, the lights and stars suddenly competing, the shadows and people spreading, and the restoration of the plateau, that is, the grand view of shape, which was called" the great work "by people at that time. As a unique art variety ingeniously combining traditional art and traditional opera, shadow puppets span thousands of years, witness the traces of history, carry the precipitation of time, and have a strong folk flavor.
Guests are visiting the shadow puppets on display. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
Qi Rushan (1877-1962) described the situation of "raising classes" in various royal palaces in Beijing in "A Study of the Ancient Capital's Hundred Dramas": "In the past, the royal palaces were very good at making movies, such as King Yi, King Su, King Li, King Zhuang, King Che, and so on. There were movie boxes and actors who ate money". In 2019, Sun Dongning, a research librarian of Prince Kung's Mansion Museum, found the photo clip and related draft of Li Fu, the leader of the shadow puppet troupe in Jizhou collected by Zhou Jinliang, when investigating the shadow puppet in Jizhou. At the same time, he found the "rent collection license of Li Fu, a tenant of Prince Kung's Mansion in Liuguanzhuang, Xilonghuyu Town, Jizhou, during the Guangxu period", which became an important clue for planning this exhibition.
Prince Gong's Palace Museum has a collection of more than 9000 shadow puppets, and more than 200 boutiques are on display. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
It is reported that currently, 9210 shadow puppets in the collection of Prince Gong's Mansion Museum, including works in Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and other regions, are roughly divided into four categories: stubble, figure, animal, and scenery. All kinds of themes show a rich and colorful shape and unique style of regional culture.
Old artists from Zhushan County, Hubei Province are performing representative shadow plays. Photographed by Pu Feng, a reporter of Beijing News
This exhibition not only displays the first batch of Jizhou shadow puppets, drawings, shadow rolls, relevant pictures and text materials related to Prince Gong's Palace shadow puppets troupe, but also exhibits the treasures in the museum's collection of shadow puppets. At the same time, it also invites the shadow carving skills and representative plays that are still alive in Jizhou and Hubei to perform in Beijing, It fully reflects the cultural responsibility of Prince Gong's Mansion Museum as a national first-class museum.
