During the holidays, it is also a good choice to take your children to watch a performance at your doorstep. In the past two days, "Journey to the West: Three Fighting the Bone Demon" brought by Shanghai Puppet Troupe appeared in Jiatinghui City Life Plaza, using the form of education and entertainment to reproduce a well-known classic mythological story.
staggered, swayed, rotated... On the scene, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and others acted vividly under the control of the puppet master, accompanied by daily mutual confrontation between each character and the sudden pig cries from Bajie, which made the cute kids in the audience laugh continuously. "It's so funny to please Bajie. I feel like they don't look like puppets, they look like they live, and they look very good." said the child Wu Zixuan.
"You can enjoy the artistic feast at your doorstep without going to the city or theater. It's very convenient." Mr. Sun, a parent, said, " puppet show is also a traditional art, and it is blessed by the classic masterpiece "Journey to the West", which is very suitable for children to learn and understand." The fighting scenes of
are also quite interesting. In the passionate classic song of Journey to the West, the puppets lifted the line and flipped dozens of somersaults in a row, and Sun Wukong flew down from the sky. In order to show the situation where White Bone Demon turns into a wisp of green smoke to dodge, the soft cloth puppet and the stick-headed puppet alternately to quickly complete the image transformation. "Strange skills" fill the stage, constantly igniting the atmosphere on the scene and arousing many people's childhood memories.
"I didn't expect that the little puppet could do so many difficult movements, especially when Sun Wukong shouted 'Eat my old son' while flying in the clouds. In an instant, it seemed like he was back in his student days. "Journey to the West" was really a must-watch during the summer vacation, and this interpretation made me feel more immersive." said Ms. Xu, a citizen.
It is understood that "Sun Wukong Three Fights of the Bone Demon", which was premiered in 1977, is the first puppet show to go abroad to Shanghai Puppet Theater. The traditional puppet artistic expression has restored the story in its original flavor, and the innovation of Shanghai-style puppets increases the viewability of artistic expression, making the drama lasting for more than 40 years.
"This puppet weighs more than 10 pounds, especially the drama has many martial arts and Sun Wukong's unique skills to pick up feathers, which are all very tests the actor's skills and arm strength." Dong Yucheng, a young actor of the Shanghai Puppet Theater Troupe, said, "I hope that by coming to a shopping mall with a large number of customers, traditional intangible cultural heritage can be within reach, and more people can understand and love puppet show performances."
"In conjunction with the Shanghai Shopping Festival, we have launched a series of content suitable for holidays to attract customers to enter the business district." Lu Huijie, deputy general manager of Jiatinghui City Life Plaza, revealed that in the next step, the business district will also perform Acapella, pantomime , concerts, etc.
Written by: Zhou Yulin
Camera: Qin Jian
Edited by: Shen Yue
