Shadow puppetry is a treasure of China, known as the ancestor of a hundred operas, which refers to the drama of using animal skins or cardboard to make silhouettes of characters and perform stories.

A white cloth and a lamp, a pair of wonderful hands.

Shadow puppetry has a very long history, starting in the Western Han Dynasty, flourishing in the Tang Dynasty, and flourishing in the Qing Dynasty.

Although the scale and prospects of the development of shadow puppetry in modern society are very weak, as a national treasure of China, this culture will definitely shine.

When it comes to shadow puppet making, there is a very strict procedure.

It is inevitable to select leather, make leather, draw draft, pass the draft, engraving, apply color, sweat ironing, and embellishment into eight processes, and it must be carried out in an orderly manner.

Xiao Zining is not a shadow puppet maker, although he knows the production process clearly, but the only step he is really familiar with is the carving. A casual shadow puppet will cost more than 3,000 knives just to carve by hand.

He would have asked Hu Guishan just now if he had any cowhides just to save time, otherwise let alone today, even if it was a few more days.

Thinking that the restoration of shadow puppetry is a new field, Xiao Zining directly opened the live broadcast room.

[Da Mei: Little brother, are you done?]

[Hungry Broadsword: Little brother, thank you for waiting for the flowers. 】

[Brother anchor, are we going to carve Damei's suit now? 】

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Facing the fans in the live broadcast room who were still active, Xiao Zining shook his head and said: "Da Mei, I'm afraid your jade carving will have to be moved to tomorrow to start, and there is a bit of an urgent matter to deal with this afternoon, so don't wait." But to make up for it, I've decided to show you a fresh restoration. ”

Everyone in the live broadcast room suddenly showed a curious look.

It must be very rare for Xiao Zining to say that it is a fresh object.

Just when they began to swipe the gifts, they all became excited in a slight stunned way when they heard Xiao Zining's words later.

Sure enough, it was a new thing.

"See? I'm talking about the new object that I mean just this, the shadow puppet of the shadow puppet show. The workmanship of this shadow puppet is very exquisite, representing our first-class level in China, but it is a pity that the cuffs have been chiseled by insects, so it is a pity. All I have to do now is re-sculpt the cuff and finally combine it. ”

[Shadow puppetry?Is this to repair shadow puppetry?This thing can also be repaired?]

[I have never seen a shadow puppet show, can anyone popularize it for me, is shadow puppet also a cultural product of our Chinese culture?]

[Da Mei: Little brother, I like this surprise of yours, let's start repairing it. 】

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There are many traditional cultures in China that are well known, but this kind of knowledge refers to seeing in books, hearing about it inadvertently, and if you say that there is very little real contact.

For example, the production of rice paper, such as window grilles, such as shadow puppetry.

The many treasures left by our ancestors are not worth mentioning, but they are not publicized and valued enough.

There is an opportunity for the big guy to get in touch with this fresh object, Xiao Zining will definitely not miss it.

"The production process of shadow puppetry is complicated, I won't say much here, you can just ask Du Niang in a while. Now I'm going to carve out this cuff, so you know. ”

Almost as soon as Xiao Zining said this, the live broadcast room began to swipe the screen.

From top to bottom, there was no one to command, and a row of words appeared neatly.

Turn off the sound. 】

You guys are so cute.

Xiao Zining thought so in his heart, so he turned off his voice conveniently, and then said to Wang Fugui and the two: "Let's go, go to the studio with me, and you can watch from the side." ”

"Good!"

Speaking from the heart, Hu Guishan is a little confused now, what is the live broadcast room?

For a computer idiot, let alone a high-tech product such as a live broadcast room, he stays away from even playing games online.

It's not that he doesn't want to accept new things, but Hu Guishan's activity circle doesn't match the live broadcast at all.

"Lao Wang, do you know about live broadcasting?" Hu Guishan took Wang Fugui's arm and asked in a low voice.

"You know. Wang Fugui pouted.

"Well, I know it's useless to ask you. Hu Guishan shut up cleanly.

in the studio.

Xiao Zining adjusted the angle of the mobile phone and placed it in front of him, and then began to check it carefully.

In fact, compared with the jade he carved, the carving difficulty of the shadow puppet in front of him was not too high. Because the hardest part of shadow puppetry is not the production, but the performance, and it will be daunting to think that the next sitting will be for hours.

What's more, the shadow puppet in front of him is completely preserved, Xiao Zining only needs to follow the previous carving lines.

When he knew what he knew, he began to pick up the cowhide, his eyes closed slightly, and when he opened it again, he had already plunged the carving knife into the cowhide, and then he saw that the whole cowhide began to swim away with his push.

This is called pushing the skin and moving the knife.

The so-called yang carving refers to the solid line carving, peeling and leaving the line, so that every part of the character is vividly imaged in the hollow.

In the push of the cowhide, a series of exquisite patterns began to appear.

It took a few minutes before and after Xiao Zining to complete the carving.

When he put down the carving knife, Hu Guishan couldn't wake up from his surprise.

"Master Xiao, are you done?"

"It's just that the carving is over, and there's the color underneath. Mr. Hu, you should really feel lucky, glad that the color of this shadow puppet has faded a little seriously until now. ”

"So when you wait a little bit, you don't need too many complicated procedures to complete it. After that, the sweating, ironing, and embellishment are relatively simpler. ”

Xiao Zining replied very firmly, which made Hu Guishan's worry in his heart reduce a lot, and his eyes became full of trust, he knew that he could only trust Xiao Zining unconditionally now.

There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people.

After putting the carved cowhide away, Xiao Zining began to be busy with color mixing, which is a very important step.

Since Hu Guishan said that his grandfather can only be sober when he gets along with shadow puppets, then you can't let this shadow puppet have a very dazzling color difference.

However, just like Xiao Zining said, the cuffs of Yang Guifei's clothes are painted in red and blue.

The number of colors is relatively small, so it will be easier to color.

In this studio, there is a secret color dye made by the Xiao family, and after a simple matching, Xiao Zining brought the two color plates over, sat on the chair and began to apply the color little by little.