Huaxian Shadow Play is the earliest shadow play in China. It originated in Qin and Han Dynasties, formed in Sui and Tang Dynasties, matured in Song and Yuan Dynasties, and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a history of more than 2, years. Because it is the oldest, the most quintessential, the most mature, the most perfect and the most classic, it is most qualified to represent the highest level of Chinese and foreign shadow play art, and is known as "the father of Chinese opera" and "the father of shadow play in the world". Experts believe that the position of Huaxian Shadow Play in the history of shadow play at home and abroad is similar to that of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang in the history of archaeology at home and abroad, and the two complement each other.
Huazhou International Shadow Play Cultural Ecological Park is located 5 kilometers east of Huaxian County, south of National Highway 31 and east of Shaohua Mountain Forest Park. The first phase of the project covers an area of 12 mu, with a construction area of over 9, square meters and a total investment of 82.3 million yuan. The project area includes Huazhou black pottery molding, shadow sculpture, exhibition and mud production area; The development history of shadow play in China, shadow play performances and exhibition areas all over the country; Shaanxi antique shadow play boutique exhibition area; National exhibition area of master's works of shadow play sculpture; Traditional modern shadow play craft production area and Guanzhong folk custom, old tune performance and other 1 functional areas.
Huazhou International Shadow Play Cultural Ecological Park Project is an important project established by Tian Yu Science and Technology Cultural Development Co., Ltd. in order to further rescue, protect, inherit and develop the traditional folk culture and art with China characteristics and promote the rapid development of cultural industry in Huaxian County. The company has more than 15 employees and 7 performing arts groups, such as shadow play, old tune and animation shadow play. In 27, it was awarded as a private leading enterprise by Weinan municipal government, and in 28, the company was awarded as a key enterprise of the city's small and medium-sized enterprise growth project by Weinan municipal government. Since its establishment in 26, the company has set up branches and production bases in Xi 'an, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
In the next step, Huaxian Tian Yu Science and Technology Culture Development Co., Ltd. will rely on the development of Shaohua Mountain to further expand its investment scale, and strive to expand the park area to 1,2 mu after 3-5 years' efforts to build a large-scale comprehensive cultural tourist spot integrating production, training, academic research and visits, and build the park into the largest cultural grand view garden with shadow play and black pottery as the main body to display China's outstanding folk traditional culture.