"I found that many of them have a deep and personal understanding of traditional Chinese culture." While the modern artistic interpretations of shadow puppetry and paper-cutting are central to the ...

Chinese shadow puppetry is a form of theatre whereby colourful silhouette figures perform traditional plays against a back-lit cloth screen, accompanied by music and singing. Puppeteers make the ...

Behind a large backlit screen, handmade tiger puppets dance with their shadows across the stage, acting out a wide range of stories from Chinese classics. This is what traditional shadow puppetry ...

Carefully cut out the puppet figures along the dotted lines. Colour in the puppets and attach each to a stick using tape or glue. Carefully cut a large hole in the front of the box. Tape the white ...

Exhibition explores traditional shadow images as it reinterprets art form, Li Yingxue reports. On a bright afternoon in Beijing, stepping into a traditional courtyard just east of the Forbidden ...

Carefully cut out the puppet figures along the dotted lines. Colour in the puppets and attach each to a stick using tape or glue. Carefully cut a large hole in the front of the box. Tape the white ...

An introduction to Chinese puppet shows, including two plays: "Jiang Gan Steals Books" and "The Road Fights the Injustice" ("Lei Wanchun Fights the Tiger") performed by Yang Sheng and Chen Nantian.