Brief Introduction of Shadow-play

Piying” (leather-shadow puppet art) or shadow play is general term referring to shadow drama and shadow play character (including stage scene, properties, and setting). Chinese shadow play is a unique art, ingeniously combined Chinese folk fine art and traditional opera, and an indispensable, exquisite gem in Chinese art palace.
Shadow play is a kind of drama in which the artistic effect is achieved through the performance of plane puppet figures projected with light onto a transparent white screen, on which the audience watch the performance. The plane puppet figures, as well the stage scene, properties and setting are usually made of leather, curved and painted manually by folk craftsmen. Therefore it is called “piying” (leather-shadow puppet art)