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A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)
Shadow puppetry, also known as Piying, is an ancient folk art which is to create the impression of humans and objects by manipulating flat leather puppets against a lit-up translucent screen.
The shadow play was registered in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2011.
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A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)
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A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)
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A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)
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A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)
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A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)