生活中人们对皮影戏的表演形式并不陌生,但对皮影的制作和用材却不甚了解。甚至曾有人问皮影是不是用纸板剪出来的?“皮影”是对皮影戏和皮影戏人物(包括场面道具景物)制品的统称。皮影戏是通过灯光投影于白色幕布上,幕后伴以音响,再以唱腔、道白配以剧情。皮影戏中的人物以及场面道具景物,通常是民间艺人用手工雕刻彩绘而成的皮制品,故称之为皮影。历史悠久,名扬四海中国的皮影艺术,是一门集绘画、雕刻、文学、音乐、舞台、表演于一体的综合性民间艺术。其历史可追溯至西汉时期,汉武帝时已出现影人,唐代寺僧用影人宣讲佛事。严格来讲,这些还只能算是皮影戏的雏形,真正的皮影戏是在宋代形 Life is no stranger to the performance of shadow puppets, but the production and use of shadow puppets are poorly understood. Some people even asked someone if the cut shadow was cut out with cardboard. “Shadow Shadow” is a collective term for the shadow play and shadow play characters (including scene props). Shadow play is projected on the white curtain through the light, accompanied by sound behind the scenes, and then singing, white with the story. Characters in the shadow play as well as scene props scenery, usually painted by folk artists hand-painted leather products, it is called the shadow. It has a long history and famous universal shadow art in China. It is a comprehensive folk art integrating painting, sculpture, literature, music, stage and performance. Its history can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty, Han Wudi has appeared in the film, the Tang Dynasty monk preached Buddhism with filmmakers. Strictly speaking, these can only be regarded as the prototype of shadow play, the real shadow play is in the Song Dynasty