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In terms of the content, shadow plays feature historical novels, folk legends, legal cases involving swordsmen, love stories, mythological stories, fables and modern costume plays. In terms of the length, there are highlights of plays, single-section plays and series, etc. Popular traditional plays include the Tale of the White Snake, the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl, Outlaws of the Marsh, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West and The Creation of the Gods, etc. Modern costume plays and fairy tale or fable plays created between the revolutionary wartime and 1949 include the White-Haired Girl, Liu Hulan, Sea of Forest and Land of Snow, The Red Lantern and Mr. Gongguo, etc.

Shadow Puppet Play

The shadow puppet play, also called "shadow play", is a drama form in which the player holds the human figures that are engraved by the animal hides with colored paintings, and reflected on the curtain through the light, playing a series of stories.

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The Making of Shadow Puppets

The Making of Shadow Puppets

The making process of shadow puppets is like this: first, remove the fur and blood from a sheepskin, donkey skin or other animal skin...
Shadow Play

Shadow Play

To stage a shadow play, a puppeteer needs to control the movements of three or four puppets.
Singing Tunes

Singing Tunes

As shadow plays are popular all over China and in the long-time evolving process in different areas...