ABSTRACT
Chinese shadow play, also called shadow puppetry, lamp shadow show, leather-silhouette show, or shadow puppet play, is a traditional folk art of Chinese opera. It absorbs artistic elements from such various traditional Chinese art forms as paper-cutting, painting, wood or stone craving, sculpture, poetry, music, drama, dancing, martial arts, acrobatics, and ventriloquism. As a magic art of light and shadow, it is loved by the Chinese people from generation to generation.
