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Hejian Poetry

Hejian Poetry
Hejian poetry has been an outstanding representative of oral literature since the Han Dynasty. It...

Twelve Muqam

Twelve Muqam
"Muqam" is a kind of Islamic music that is distributed in 19 nations and regions of Middle Asia,...

Naxi Ancient Music

Naxi Ancient Music
Naxi ancient music is a type of folk music unique to the Naxi people in Lijiang area of Yunnan...
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

Shadow Puppet Play
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 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
    Shadow Play
    To stage a shadow play, a puppeteer needs to control the movements of three or four puppets.
  • Singing Tunes
    Singing Tunes
    Singing Tunes
    As shadow plays are popular all over China and in the long-time evolving process in different areas...

Other Topics

    Chinese Masks
    Chinese Masks
    Masks are an age-old cultural phenomenon shared by all ethnic groups of China.
    Exorcizing Dance
    Exorcizing Dance
    Commonly called "the ghost opera" or "the ghost dance", the exorcizing dance is a kind of dance...
    Mask of Tibetan Opera
    Mask of Tibetan...
    Called "ba" in Tibetan, masks are mainly used for various folk performing arts and have direct...
    Xiangdong Nuo Mask
    Xiangdong Nuo Mask
    The Xiangdong Nuo Mask is a kind of mask made of camphorwood with original religious flavor.
    Yuxian Paper-cutting
    Yuxian Paper-cutting
    Situated in Northwest Hebei Province, Yuxian County is reputed for its folk paper-cut art.It...
    Embroidery
    Embroidery
    Commonly known as "xiuhua", embroidery is an art craft performed by using needle and colored...

Books

  • Thangka Paintings: An Illustrated...

    The intention of our compilation of this illustrated album of the epic lies in the following...
  • The Art Book of Chinese Paintings

    The beautiful, ancient art of Chinese painting is one that features the predominant use of lines...
  • Chinese landscapes (Cultural China)

    The essays in this book, spanning eighty years of the 20th century and several generations of...
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