Artistic and cultural background and cultural symbols of shadow play?

Artistic and cultural background: Shadow play is an ancient traditional art of Chinese folklore, which is called "donkey shadow" by old Beijingers. According to historical records, shadow play began in the Warring States period, flourished in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and spread to West Asia and Europe during the Yuan Dynasty, which can be said to have a long history and a long stream. Shadow not only belongs to the puppet art, or a kind of authentic handicrafts. It is made of cowhide, donkey, horse and mule skin through several processes such as material selection, carving, coloring, stitching and painting. Influenced by the external environment as well as the difference in texture of the animal skin material and other factors, shadow puppet modeling style varies from place to place.

Cultural symbols: Shadow play, also known as "shadow play" or "light and shadow play", is a kind of animal skin or cardboard silhouettes of characters, in the light of candles or burning alcohol and other sources of light irradiation with a brightly insulated cloth for the play, is the Chinese Han folk It is one of the puppet shows widely circulated in Han Chinese folklore. When performing, the artists behind the white curtain, while manipulating the opera characters with their hands, sing the story with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, with a strong local flavor.