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Chinese shadow puppetry: art of light and shadow(1/6)

2022-02-23 14:02:29 Ecns.cn Editor :Zhao Li
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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.

A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)

A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)

A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)

A leather puppet by local craftsmen is displayed in Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo: China News Service/Li Yufeng)

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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