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Chinese Shadow Puppetry
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Chinese Shadow Puppetry
Key Terms
Why did I choose it?
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One mouth tells stories of thousands of years...
- píyngxì - shadow play
- kuilěixì - puppet show
- niúpí - cowhide
- pí yng xì - a shadow theatre using leather puppets
- zh yng xì - paper shadow theatre
- zhōng guó yng xì - Chinese shadow theatre
- shadow puppeteer (operator)
- horn, suo-na horn and yu-kin player
- banhu fiddle player
- percussion intstrument player
- singer (+ he plays on ancient musical instruments)
Regional Styles
- Shaanxi
- Luanzhou
- Shandong
- Sichuan
- Hanzhou
- Hunan
- Chaozhou
The Puppets
What the legend says...
It was related to politics
- the emperor's favorite wife died...
- dolls' shadow on the wall...
- translucent leather
- bright colors
- 11 seperate pieces
- central control rod, two arm control rods
And what we know for sure...
The Manchu rulers brought the puppet show with them to make up for the fact that they could not appreciate local entertainment due to language barriers.
1796 to 1800, the government forbade the public showing of puppet shows to prevent the spreading of peasant uprising at the time.
It's artwork!
- 2,000 years ago, West Han Dynasty
- national drama in China
- combination of characters of drama, music and paintings
Shadow puppetry today
- 24 procedures, 3000 cuts
- vivid and humorous faces
- flowery color, elegant sculpting, smooth lines
- the design follows traditional moral evaluation and aesthetics
- meaning of colors and tipical gender appearace conventions
- showing face to extinction
- listed on the state level list of China's intangible cultural heritage
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