What was the predecessor of the movie Shadow Play?

The predecessor of the film is mainly the lamp shadow play.

Based on the preliminary understanding of the theory of light and shadow, the working people in ancient China often used light and shadow to make simple labor and life scenes, and invented the lantern shadow play and the lantern-running.

Lantern shadow play is illuminated by a light source-the image under the light is like paper cutting. This is the embryonic form of the film. Lantern shadow, also known as "shadow play" or "shadow play", is an ancient, unique and extremely popular folk opera art circulating in China.

Its story content and artistic effect are mainly expressed by lighting, curtain, singing and the performance of shadow play manipulated by actors.

The shadow play actors and shadow play scenes used are not only props for performances, but also folk art works with strong local colors.