Chinese Shadow Show

The Chinese shadow show, also called leather silhouette play, is a type of drama with its roots in China. With a long history, shadow show usually used wooden puppets in the past while today’s shadow show uses leather puppets. Nowadays, artists always use the leather of ass or cattle to make the puppets, mainly the puppets of human figures.

Shadow show consists of leather puppets, scene and other properties. It always uses a piece of silk fabric as screen, and oil lamp as lighting fixture. When performing, artists hold the control stick in hands, hiding behind the screen. The shadow of the leather puppet is cast on the screen, singing and dancing with the music. It shows the odors of folk.