中国皮影戏是一种具有悠久历史与文化内涵的民间戏曲形式,是我国传统造型艺术与表演艺术的集中代表,也是人类口头及“非物质文化遗产”的重要代表。以演出中使用的“皮影”为载体,皮影戏具有特别强烈的物质性。“皮影”的造型特征甚至成为了皮影流派划分的最直观、最主要依据。以简单的造型风格为根据,中国皮影博物馆藏部分皮影曾经就被认定为成都皮影。但是,通过细致的资料收集与考证,这批皮影属于川北“王灯影”的可能性更大。以此为例,对各地皮影艺术特征与流派划分等问题的固有认识也许应该进行深入的再思考。 China’s shadow play is a form of folk drama with a long history and cultural connotation. It is a concentrated representative of China’s traditional modeling arts and performing arts, as well as an important representative of human verbal and “non-material cultural heritage.” In the performance of the use of “shadow ” as a carrier, shadow play has a particularly strong materiality. “Shadow Shadow ” modeling features and even became the most intuitive visual shadow division, the most important basis. Based on the simple styling style, some of the shadow puppets of the China Shadow Art Museum have been identified as the shadow of Chengdu. However, through careful data collection and textual research, these shadow plays are more likely to belong to the “Northern Lights” in northern Sichuan. Taking this as an example, the inherent understanding of the shadow art characteristics and genre division may be further re-considered.