华州皮影艺术形式美撮论

Discussion on the Beauty of the Huazhou Shadow Art

华州皮影是第一批国家非物质文化遗产,并入选联合国教科文组织"人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录",在中外文化艺术界享有崇高荣誉。华州皮影戏,在当地也叫"影子戏"或"灯影戏",是中国最古老的表演艺术之一。关于华州皮影的起源,有"剪影说""还魂说"和"闲娱说",观点虽不同,但殊途同归,最终皆归于皮影的形式之美,其核心是在情感上做足文章。华州皮影形式美的创造所采取的手段和方式,主要有组合与分解、强调、排序、删减和补充、变形等。

Huazhou Shadow Art was the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage,and has been selected as a UNESCO'List of Representatives of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity',enjoying high honor in Chinese and foreign culture and art circles. It is also called'shadow play'or'light shadow play'in the local areas,and is one of the oldest performing arts in China. Regarding the origin of Huazhou Shadow Art,there are stories of 'cutting shadow','returning souls'and 'leisure entertainment'. Although the viewpoints are different,the ways are the same,and they are ultimately attributed to the beauty of form of the shadow play with its core at emphasizing emotions. The means and methods adopted by the creation of the beauty of form of Huazhou Shadow Art mainly include combination and decomposition,emphasis,sorting,deletion and addition,deformation,etc.