The Industrial Background of Tengchong Shadow Play

Traditional production techniques and performing arts. Tengchong shadow play was introduced by military immigrants from Jiangnan, Huguang and Sichuan during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. Its performance techniques were based on the tradition of the Central Plains and integrated with the multicultural elements of the frontier. With Tengchong Shadow Play being listed as a national intangible cultural heritage, Tengchong Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government and Cultural Office regard the performance and sculpture of shadow play art as an industry. In Tengchong, speaking of shadow play, the shadow play of Liu Yongzhou Shadow Play Museum is the most vivid. On May 20 16, the government guided and supported Liujiazhai Yongzhou Shadow Play to set up a joint-stock company, and set up an experience hall integrating performance, processing and sales in the style commercial street of Gaoligong International Tourism City. Based on the traditional production technology and performing arts of Tengchong shadow play, the company vigorously cultivates young inheritors of shadow play production technology and performance. At the same time, it provides venues and conditions for actors and artists, and combines old and new to set up professional performance theaters. The drama fully combines the characteristics of Tengchong's historical and cultural resources, such as rescue, jade legend, turtle crane and so on.