Introduction to the classic repertoire of shadow play

The common traditional repertoire of shadow play includes The Legend of the White Snake, The Jade Bangle, The Tale of the Western Wing, Qin Xianglian, The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden, The Generals of the Yang Family, The Legend of Yue Fei, The Water Margin, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West, and The Founder of the Gods, and so on. From the revolutionary war era to the liberation, the new development of fashion theater, modern theater and fairy tale fable drama, common plays are brother and sister to open up the land, White Hairy Woman, Liu Hulan, Xiaoyi black marriage, small son-in-law, Lin Hai Xue Yuan, the Red Lanterns, turtles and cranes, the two friends, Mr. Dongguo, and so on.

Shadow play, also known as "shadow play" or "light and shadow play", is a kind of animal skin or cardboard silhouettes of the characters made of candles or burning alcohol and other light sources under the light of the bright cloth for the play, is one of the widely circulated puppet plays of the Chinese Han people. It is one of the puppet shows widely spread in Chinese Han folklore. During the performance, the artists manipulate the characters with their hands behind a white curtain while singing the story with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and strings, which has a strong local flavor. Shadow puppetry is an ancient traditional Chinese folk art, which the old Beijingers called "donkey shadow". According to historical records, shadow play began in the Warring States period, flourished in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty period spread to West Asia and Europe, can be said to have a long history and a long history.