Sun Wukong three dozen white bone essences, for children is the most familiar fragment of "Journey to the West", what will this story be like when it is put on the stage of puppet show? Red Star News reporter learned that from October 1 to 2, 2021, the 2021 "Gathering Rongcheng" boutique drama Huimin Performance and the Fourth Tianfu Drama Season Exhibition and Performance Repertoire - Shanghai Puppet Troupe Puppet Troupe Puppet Drama "Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essence" will be performed at Chengdu Xinsheng Theater. At that time, the drama will take the children of Rongcheng to spend a happy National Day with the shape of the elf's cute puppet and a novel interactive form.
"Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essences" is based on the relevant chapters in "Journey to the West", one of the four famous works in China, describing the story of Sun Wukong protecting Tang Monks on the way to the Western Heavens to learn the scriptures, except for the man-eating demon White Bone Essence: The white bone essence transformed into confused Tang Monk three times, and was recognized by Sun Wukong.
As one of the classic puppet dramas of Shanghai Puppet Theatre Troupe, "Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essence" has been performed for more than 40 years since its inception, and the traditional form of puppet artistic expression has made the story deeply rooted in the hearts of the people have been restored originally, and the bold innovation of Haipai puppets has gained countless small fans.
In an interview with a Red Star News reporter, the relevant person in charge of the Shanghai Puppet Troupe introduced that the traditional cane-headed puppet was used when creating and performing "Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essence", and according to the shaping of Sun Wukong's image, it further broke through the limitation of the cane-head puppet with only half-body performance, and equipped the puppet with a pair of multi-joint hands and two flexible legs. The details of the fingers and the performance of the legs were originally ignored parts of the puppet performance, but in this play, they became an inseparable part of sun wukong's image shaping.
"Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essences" continues the charm of opera, song and dance and drama mixture, "In addition, this play also uses the combination of film montage, multimedia technology and shadow puppetry." It was a whole new attempt and exploration. The person in charge said frankly.
The Red Star News reporter learned that when the play was first moved to the puppet theater stage, it was well received by small audiences. Sun Wukong must be eliminated when he sees demons, witty and brave; the eight precepts of the pig are big belly and poopy, and the posture is lovely; the sand monk is full of cheeks and loyal; the Tang monk is compassionate and devoted to the Buddha; the white bone is scheming, sinister and cunning, and the three transformations of different characters are very different personalities, etc., all of which have become vivid in the hands of the production teacher. The drama participated in the 2021 "Gathering Rongcheng" boutique drama Huimin Performance and the 4th Tianfu Drama Season hosted by the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism, and is believed to be welcomed and loved by the audience in Rongcheng.
Red Star News reporter Ren Hongwei according to the interviewee
Edited by Li Jie
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