It also incorporates the morphological features of murals, facial makeup, stone reliefs, and sculptures, and vividly presents the characteristics of the characters of Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Chou in opera.

Shadow puppet craftsmen usually have about 12 carving knives, and some have more than 30. When carving, different carving knives are used according to different patterns.

In addition to the attention to the carving knife, carving lines can be divided into solid lines, dotted lines, dark lines, and painted lines.

The solid line retains the outline of the shape and removes the excess part, which is a positive engraving.

Relief carving is often referred to as "open space". When drawing, only lines are retained, which can present a strong contrast effect against the backdrop of the shadow window.

It is commonly used for the white faces of Shengdan, Xuchou, and other white objects.

The dotted line is the hollow shape line, which is engraved.

Intaglio is often referred to as "solid bottom", which reserves most of the space and is used when processing patterns and clothing.

Dark lines are made with a knife without cutting through the leather, and are often used to create movable joints. Painted lines are made with a pen instead, and are often used to express subtle objects.

Shadow puppet figures rarely appear from the front, and are mostly shown in profile. The treacherous are shown with 70% of their faces, while the loyal and good are shown with 50% of their faces.

The sculptor will appropriately enlarge the character according to his or her personality traits in order to better present the plot effect. In addition, the yin-yang carving technique will be fully utilized during the carving process.

Among them, the intaglio is mainly used to depict the hideous faces of ugly and painted characters; the relief is more used to depict the delicate and pure features of decent characters.

As the voice of the narration fell, the colorful shadow puppet in the old man's hand began to move. He held the shadow puppet facing the camera, with a satisfied and proud smile on his wrinkled face.

The screen fades to black.

“It turns out there are so many details in it.”

"Yeah, it looks simple, but I didn't expect it would take several days to make a shadow puppet."

The audience was talking about it and was very interested in the shadow play. "Such a precious craft must not disappear, otherwise it will be as boring as Interstellar."

A hint of smile flashed across Fu Yin's eyes, and she suddenly raised her voice and shouted in a rhythmic voice: "Then let's give the warmest applause to welcome the shadow play performers from China!"

"!!!" The whole audience was silent for a moment, and then broke into deafening cheers and thunderous applause.

Xu Weiqing and the others were all shocked. They looked at Fu Yongxu's family unconsciously. Seeing that they looked normal, they knew that they knew about it.

Under the spotlight, five elderly men walked out from the backstage. They were wearing dark blue Mao suits, their sparse gray hair was still combed neatly back, and they tried to straighten their backs. Their figures, which had shrunk with age, now stood as tall as mountains.

They want to present a good mental outlook to everyone.

When they saw clearly that these people were the protagonists in the video just played, the applause became even louder.

The applause lasted for more than a minute.

Although there was no light in the audience, the elderly people could feel the audience's passionate gazes.

In such an atmosphere, their reserved mood gradually dissipated a little.

Fu Yin walked onto the stage with a smile and came to their side. "Please be quiet and let us listen to the introduction of the five performers."

Everyone immediately fell silent.

Even the netizens in the live broadcast room subconsciously stopped posting comments.

Fu Yin handed each person a microphone and said with a gentle smile, "Don't be nervous, Grandpa. They are all very easy to get along with."

After deciding on this plan, Fu Yin went to communicate with the senior leader. After that, she had nothing to do and waited for the senior leader to screen out the people.

With the motherland behind us, we don’t have to worry about anything.

Afterwards, Fu Yin picked them up a day in advance. Considering that they might be nervous and uneasy, he took them to visit the Note City and told them the origin of Star Interstellar in a more relaxed tone.

Looking at the familiar buildings, the old people almost thought they had not traveled through time, but their attention was diverted and they were not so nervous anymore.

After returning to the hotel, they were still able to rehearse, wanting to leave a good impression on the people of the galaxy. In this performance, they were representing the country and could not embarrass our mother.

When they were first summoned by the state, they thought they had encountered a scammer.

It was not until the other party showed them various documents and actually took them to meet the person who often appeared on TV that they became confused and terrified, and their minds went blank.

Later they heard even more outrageous information, and their brains, which were already working at an overspeed, suddenly shut down.

If it weren't for that person's identity, they would have thought that he was making fun of them.

Well, let’s travel through time.

They have lived for most of their lives and have never had such an adventure. They never dared to imagine that they could cross the world to perform shadow puppetry. It was thrilling and exciting, but they were also nervous and uneasy about the unknown, but they did not back down.

They also wanted to write this adventure in a diary as a family heirloom.

Let future generations know that his ancestor was the one who spread shadow puppetry to another time and space.

The old man on the far left started the introduction: "Hello everyone, my name is Xu Jishan, I am 72 years old this year, I have been learning from the shadow play class since I was a child, and I have a deep affection for shadow play and a sense of responsibility to pass it on."

Second person: "Hello everyone, my name is Lin Shimin, I am 74 years old."

"My name is Zhang Yanlin."

"Qin Changhong."

"My name is Li Juan."

After the last sentence was spoken, they said in unison: "We are glad to be here at StarCraft."

Someone in the audience shouted, "StarCraft welcomes you!"

Then everyone shouted it twice, their faces were filled with bright smiles, very sincere and full of high spirits.

At this moment, Xu Jishan and the others seemed to have become much younger in mentality. "Thank you."

The audience praised sincerely, "You are amazing, you have two hands, but your hands are much more flexible than ours."

Xu Jishan smiled and said, "Everyone has their own expertise. This is our livelihood, so we cannot let the audience down. We want to pass it down from generation to generation."

Having said that, I felt a little disappointed in my heart. There are not many people in China who are their audience now.

Looking at the hundreds of thousands of spectators below, Xu Jishan's eyes gradually became moist.

Li Juan: “This is our first visit, so we brought some small gifts for everyone.”

Upon hearing this, the audience's eyes lit up, and they all stood up and stretched out their hands, "I want it, I want it!"

What is politeness at a time like this!

They just want presents!

The entire audience was like hungry babies.

The elderly people on the stage were stunned for a moment, "The gifts we brought may not be enough..."

Fu Yin hurriedly came out to save the situation, "Then let the grandparents each ask a question, close their eyes and randomly pick a person in the audience to answer the question. The person who answers correctly will receive a gift, and the person who answers correctly cannot answer the question twice."

Xu Jishan and the others nodded, "Okay."

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