Shoulder Play, also called Shoulder Ground, is a local play in Shaxian, featuring a child performing on an adult's shoulders. It is a traditional folk art with a unique style in China. With unique performance skill, nice singing, diversified tunes and free performing places, it is reputed as “a miracle of folk arts on shoulder”. Originally, it adopted Xiaodiao Beating Flow Drum popular at that time to perform such plays as Little Cowherd and Mending Vat. Later on, it adopted Nanci in performing Catching Boat and then in performing such Peking operas as Yellow Crane Pagoda, Xue Pinggui Bid Farewell to Wife and The Fourth Son Visited His Mother. |