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The only school that maintains the ancient art of paper shadow

Hunan Changsha Paper Shadow. As of May 23, 2023, Hunan Changsha Paper Shadow is the only school of shadow art in China that uses hard paper as the material for its shadow figures. Because of the fragile nature of the material, Hunan paper shadows do not use knives to carve the shadows as in other regions, but instead use paintings to show the characters to the audience.