“江北第一木偶”的七代传承

HERITAGE OF "THE FIRST-PLACED PUPPET IN NORTHERN CHINA" FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS

小小木偶在台上的一举一动,都描述着身后操纵之人的离合悲欢,承载着他们的人生。在山东宁阳埕城镇赵家塘村孙振涛家里,可领略号称＂江北第一木偶＂的宁阳木偶戏。作为现存惟一的北方木偶,宁阳孙氏木偶已经浮浮沉沉了140多年,除了艺术本身的精髓,也融入了木偶传承家族孙氏一家的欢喜悲忧。

In the house of Sun Zhentao,a villager from Zhaojia Tang Village Yanggang Cheng Town Ningyang City Shandong Province,people can enjoy Ningyang Puppet Opera which has gained fame as "the First-Placed Puppet in Northern China".As the unique surviving puppets in northern China,Sun's puppets have had rich experience over more than 140 years.It is said that there are four operating rods in the costume of each puppet,two pieces of which are operating the head and the other two are operating arms,so the rods are invisible to the audience,making the movement and gesture of the puppets vivid and the operation complicated.The figures of Ningyang puppets are exaggerate and vivid.The puppets make dramatic and delicate moves.Most of the Ningyang puppet operas are of Yu Opera and some of them are of Lv Opera.Mr.Sun Zhentao and his wife are creating myth opera and drama for children,and teach the young people who love puppet opera.They hope that there can be more and more comprehensive folk artists cultivated who can both play puppet opera and give other performances.