Research on the Current Situation and Inheritance Issues of Yangxian Lantern Shadow Opera
Keywords:
Lantern Shadow Opera, Shadow Puppetry, Yangxian, InheritanceAbstract
Yangxian Lantern Shadow Puppetry is a traditional Chinese opera performance art that integrates various forms such as opera music, painting, sculpture, and stage performance. Due to its unique geographical location and rich historical and cultural resources, combined with the local dialects and various opera singing styles and musical structures, the Yangxian Lantern Shadow Puppetry Opera has formed a unique style. From its early formation to its current endangerment, Yangxian Lantern Shadow Opera has followed the rule that all things in nature cannot escape development. Therefore, for the endangerment of this local opera, inheritance, development, and protection are particularly important. This is not only the action and thinking that contemporary people need to take but also the responsibility and obligation that contemporary people cannot shirk. Therefore, this article summarizes the characteristics of the creation of Yangxian Lantern Shadow Opera in the new era by analyzing the newly composed play "Xiecun Bridge," providing a basis and direction for the subsequent development of Yangxian Shadow Opera music.
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