贵州西部离黄果树瀑布不远的安顺县,至今流传着一种古老的地戏,这种戏以武戏居多,演的都是唐宋时期的战争故事,带着浓郁的宗教色彩。演地戏必须戴面具,安顺的地戏面具(亦称“脸子”)由此而闻名中外。雕地戏面具的都是安顺一带的屯堡人,我要访问的面具艺人胡永发,就是刘官乡周官 Anshun County, which is not far from Huangguoshu Waterfall in the west of Guizhou Province, still has an ancient drama, which is dominated by WuXu and plays the war stories of the Tang and Song dynasties with rich religious features. The play must be masked, Anshun’s play mask (also known as “face”) is thus renowned at home and abroad. The masquerades of carving are all Tunpu people in Anshun area. The mask artist Hu Yongfa that I want to visit is Liu Guanxiang Zhou Guan