Qilu · lightning news, April 10 - do you know “yanpian”? This is a traditional folk art and the earliest Street “film” in China, which once brought infinite joy to the older generation. In Texas, there is a craftsman who paints traditional Chinese paintings, does carpentry and skillfully creates a foreign film box; He made up stories and performed programs to bring out a new flavor of “foreign films”. A few days ago, lightning news reporter came to Dezhou Dongzi culture street for a visit.

The sight of a hole makes the scene stand out

”, this is the earliest Street “local film” in China - “La yangpian”.

A big wooden box, sitting around three or four people, peeping into the mirror, happy; A craftsman, pulling three or four ropes, beating gongs and drums and humming minor tunes. “

“Bajie is carrying his daughter-in-law behind his back. Do you think he’s happy? Looking back, isn’t brother monkey changed? He’s not covered with hair.” Zhang Zhen, a 30-year-old man who is performing “yanpian”, was born in a family of Quyi and has been engaged in this art for about 10 years.

Zhang Zhen said: “La yangpian is not western, it is local, authentic Chinese traditional folk art. At first it was called ‘West Lake View’, which mainly focuses on scenery. Now it is combined with journey to the west, Shandong express, and some anecdotes to enrich the content of the story.”

“La yangpian” originated from the people and flourished in the market. The content of “La yangpian” contains a strong folk culture. The lyrics are easy to understand, the language is vivid and humorous, and the glide is dragging. It gradually formed a unique style and became the favorite entertainment activity of the people at that time.

Zhang Zhen said, “the movie is performed by one person, which is also called a play by one person. The actors manipulate the rope of the wooden box, then pull the picture inside, and use the sound of gongs and drums and soundtrack to perform the live program. The audience can see the picture inside the movie box through the lens, which can achieve the feeling of immersive.”

Hand drawn pictures, making wooden boxes, designing organs

。 He combined the painting skills of traditional Chinese painting and personally drew each picture film, which mostly reflected folk culture, anecdotes, places of interest and so on. After the picture is installed, the mechanism needs to be debugged repeatedly. Once the debugging is not good, the picture will get stuck during switching.

Zhang Zhen told reporters that the production of the film box is divided into three steps, namely

With the changes of the times, “La yangpian” has gradually become the childhood memory of the older generation, but in many scenic spots and shopping malls, “La yangpian” as a folk performance has attracted many young people to watch and experience. Zhang Zhen also often dragged the sample film box around the show, and incorporated many innovative elements into the performance.

Zhang Zhen said, “in the past, ‘La yangpian’ either only sang or only said, and I added modern elements in the performance process, such as magic, ancient color tricks, storytelling and teasing, so as to make my performance more three-dimensional and attractive, and I hope more people will like my performance.”

Traditional skills are valued in inheritance. In 2015, “La yangpian” was rated as a municipal intangible cultural heritage project in Dezhou. The local government strengthened the protection of this traditional folk art, which also made Zhang Zhenjian determined to continue to stick to this old craft.

“It’s my biggest hobby to play foreign films,” Zhang Zhen said. “It’s my original intention to bring happiness to everyone by writing stories and performing programs. Over the years, I often participate in public welfare activities, go into communities and schools, so that today’s young people like ‘foreign films’ and pass on this skill from generation to generation.”