How did the shadow play in China traditional culture come from?

Shadow play originated very early in China. There is a legend about the origin of shadow play. According to legend, when Emperor Wu died, Li Furen, the concubine of Emperor Wu, was often missed by Emperor Wu. A man named Shao Weng took the sacred stone from the bottom of the sea, imitated the image of Li Furen, put it in a veil, and shone it on the cloth. Emperor Wu saw the figure on the cloth account, much like the dead Li Furen. This may be the embryonic form of shadow play.

Sean's theory of retreating from the enemy.

Legend has it that when Chu and Han fought at the end of Qin Dynasty, Chu soldiers besieged Han soldiers. In order to retreat, Sean listed a row of numbers on the tower and asked the soldiers to wave flags. Seeing that there were many soldiers above the city, the enemy soldiers dared not attack the city rashly and retreated on their own. Now there is a folk song in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, "A comment on two drums and three shadow plays outwits Xiang Yu's three thousand soldiers". It tells the story that when Chu and Han were contending, Liu Bang followed the advice of Sean, a counselor, and used storytelling, drumming and shadow play to disperse the 3,000 soldiers of Xiang Yu, and won the victory. At the same time, he thinks that Sean is the originator of shadow play. It is also said in Taiwan Province Province.

Huanglong real retreat from the enemy

Shanxi shadow play artists believe that Huanglong is the real shadow play god. The real person of Huanglong is a story figure in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. According to legend, he was one of the twelve disciples of Seo Woo in the early Yuan Dynasty. In a battle to defend the city of Zhou Wuwang, he made an empty city plan, covered the city gates with paper and set up lights to shake shadows. The foreign enemy suspected that the soldiers in the city were numerous and wide, and fled in fear.

Guanyin's theory of performing classics

For example, Guanyin, a legend of western shadow play in Beijing, has visited Huayin County, Shaanxi Province three times. Once Guanyin discovered that there would be a disaster in Huayin County, and she sat on a futon with Buddha's light as the curtain and bamboo leaves as the shadow, and performed a story to persuade the good, which attracted the people in Huayin County to the theater and freed them from the disaster.