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Original: Chinese Shadow theatre is a form of puppetry that is performed by moving figures made of animal skins or cardboard held behind a screen lit by lamplight. The subject matter and singing style in shadow plays are closely related to Chinese opera, except without using live actors or actresses.

New: Chinese Shadow theatre is a form of puppetry that is performed by moving figures made of animal skins or cardboard held behind a screen lit by lamplight. This Art style is passed down in a Master-Apprentice style until recently. The most common troupe roster is one puppeteer, singer and musicians who’s subject matter and singing style in shadow plays are closely related to Chinese opera, except without using live actors or actresses. Shadow puppetry was banned by the new government in 1966 due the cultural revolution, puppetry was allowed back in the late 1970’s through present.

Citation: Rollins, Annie Katsura. "Chinese Shadow Puppetry’s Changing Apprentice System: Questions of Continuance and a Survey of Remaining Shadow Puppet Practitioners in Mainland China, 2008–2013." Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 32 no. 1, 2015, pp. 295-318. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/atj.2015.0003

Photo source: Master Fan Zhangan takes a moment’s pause after a raucous performance at the 2011 Huanxian Shadow Puppet Conference, Gansu Province. (Photo: Annie Katsura Rollins)