I sent technology to another world, and the country praised me for my good fortune

"Wow——" exclamations rang out one after another.

Fu Yin's lips curled up slightly, "Later, Princess Wencheng personally supervised the construction of the Tibetan-style palace, the Jokhang Temple, and the Han-style temple, the Ramoche Temple."

"Tell me another little story that is a bit mythical."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Fu Yin with sparkling eyes.

"Legend has it that after Princess Wencheng left her parents and Chang'an, she traveled through mountains and rivers and went through hardships to reach the desert plateau.

When the marriage team reached Chiling and was about to leave the Tang Dynasty, the princess stood on the top of the mountain. Looking east, she saw acres of fertile fields, rows of willows, and drifting smoke from cooking fires. Looking west, she saw the vast grasslands dotted with cattle and sheep and the sky was high and the clouds were light. She felt homesick and burst into tears.

Suddenly I remembered that when Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty was about to leave, he gave Princess Wencheng a golden "Sun and Moon Mirror" to comfort her, telling her that she could see the scenery of Chang'an City and her relatives at home through the mirror.

The princess hurriedly asked someone to take out the magic mirror to look at. The Chang'an in the mirror had bustling streets, towering palaces, and her relatives, which made her feel very sad.

Suddenly thinking of her important task of marriage, and seeing the expectant eyes of the people in the marriage team, the princess resolutely threw the Sun and Moon Mirror down the valley.

"Ah?" Everyone didn't dare to be distracted and listened attentively.

Fu Yin: "The princess cried like rain, and her tears formed a river flowing backwards, flowing from east to west into the vast blue Qinghai Lake, which is also a famous scenic spot in later generations.

Unexpectedly, the mirror broke into two pieces when it fell to the ground, one half for the sun and the other half for the moon, which turned into a high mountain, which later generations called Sun-Moon Mountain.

A high mountain appears in the picture, with the Sun and Moon Pavilion, Princess Wencheng Temple, and prayer flags fluttering in the wind on the top of the mountain.

Combined with the real-life pictures and Fu Yin's speech, which was gentle but very infectious, everyone was fascinated.

"I've been to this Sun Moon Mountain before! I didn't expect there is such a mythical story."

"I've been there too! It's so beautiful!"

"When did you go?"

"Are you stupid? Doesn't Note City have a Chinese holographic scenic spot? It contains all the beautiful scenery of China, including the Sun and Moon Mountain."

"Ah? Then I missed it. I went to Wugong Mountain. But it was also beautiful, with a sea of clouds. It was like being in heaven."

"Okay, now I'm going to tell you about shadow puppetry."

Fu Yin took out several colorful shadow puppets and projected them onto the screen.

Originally, he wanted to let those people speak, but they refused. Fu Yin had no choice but to calm the situation himself.

There was an uproar among the crowd, their eyes filled with surprise and amazement.

"It's such a small thing, but it has such great power."

"Oh my god, look at how flexible their hands and feet are. It turns out that their joints can move!"

"Leaving aside the joints, look at that face, it's so lifelike!"

"It was like watching a movie just now. I didn't expect it to be manual. It's so smooth!!!"

"The ancestor is indeed worthy of being the ancestor."

As they were amazed, the picture on the screen changed again.

I saw a few elderly men with gray hair on their temples concentrating on making some kind of craft. They talked in low voices from time to time, but their hands' movements became more and more delicate.

"In shadow puppetry, colorful shadow puppets are made of animal skins or cardboard and are presented to the audience through shadow windows under the illumination of lights. Performers manipulate the puppets behind the scenes, while performing dramatic performances accompanied by music and singing."

Following Fu Yin's explanation, everyone saw the situation behind the curtain on the screen. There was no so-called high-tech mechanism as they had imagined, but there were several respected elders.

The strange thing is that those old men looked very uneasy and nervous.

However, before they could think about it, the camera quickly moved away, and to their shock, they found that the shadow puppets they had seen before were so flexible only relying on a few sticks or ropes.

"The production process of shadow puppets is relatively complicated. Although the production techniques of shadow puppets in different places are unique, the production process basically requires eight steps, including selecting the leather, making the leather, drawing the draft, copying the draft, carving, applying color, sweating, and tying the knots."

"I will briefly introduce the first few steps to you. If you want to know more, you can watch the video I released later."

"Selecting the skin means choosing a piece of top-quality material when making shadow puppets. Different regions will use different animal skins as production materials according to local conditions."

"However, in most parts of China, cowhide, sheepskin, donkey skin, pig skin and other materials are used to make shadow puppets, among which cowhide is more common."

The cattle and sheep tribes in the audience: “???”

It was a wrong payment after all.

Fu Yin didn't react until after he finished speaking, especially when he accidentally met the eyes of the Niu tribe leader, whose eyes were full of resentment.

Fu Yin smiled awkwardly, "In China, the cattle tribe, no, cattle are our labor force when we farm... We also have special cattle for food..."

Meow Meow covered her face, [Yin Yin, it’s better not to explain]

The three words "edible cattle" were so powerful that the cattle chief's face turned green.

Fu Yin: “…”

She changed the subject abruptly, "Now let me show you how the inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage of shadow puppetry make shadow puppets."

Sometimes nothing can compare to seeing it with your own eyes.

Therefore, when Fu Yin explains, he prefers to use pictures and videos.

A calm and restrained narration voice sounded.

Draft drawings, also known as "sample drawings", are special draft drawings for making shadow puppets. They are all hand-painted paper design drawings handed down by craftsmen from generation to generation.

Due to its paper material, it is not easy to preserve, so the draft should be drawn in detail on rice paper according to the content to be carved.

When designing, it is necessary to draw according to the short-line hollowing technique. The actual draft should be moderate and not too large.

The next step is to review the manuscript.

The draft is also called "sample". The design is ironed onto the leather, and the scraped leather is cut into suitable size. After it is softened with a wet cloth, it is gradually pushed and rubbed with a professional push plate and oil juice to remove the shrinkage of the leather, so that the pattern can be traced.

Before tracing the pattern, the leather should be arranged reasonably. This will not only save materials, but also make it lighter on top and heavier on the bottom when used in later performances, making it easier to perform by picking up the skewer or to place it still.

Then comes the tracing phase. Place the pattern to be engraved under the processed leather, and use a steel needle to trace the outline of the pattern and the design on the leather surface.

Finally, the leather is placed on a pear or jujube wood board for carving.

The old man on the screen was concentrating and performing his movements seriously. Everyone was watching intently and subconsciously slowing down their breathing.

I never thought that a person's hands could be so flexible. When I compared them with the scrapped ceramics...there's no comparison, no comparison.

Soon, the colorful shadow puppets gradually came to life.

In terms of modeling and production, shadow puppetry not only absorbs the modeling method of paper-cutting, but also makes use of the hollow and light-transmitting effect of window grilles.