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Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-out shapes of the puppets sometimes include translucent color or other types of detailing.
Rollins visited Cui and Wang's shadow figure museum in Beijing as well as seven provinces that had historically specialized in shadow puppetry. She took lessons in manipulating shadow puppets from the master of the Zhonghua Shadow Company along with many others. [1] While in Beijing, Rollins created and performed two shadow bike tours.
The Shadow Play (Chinese: 风中有朵雨做的云; lit. 'There's cloud made from rain in the wind') is a 2018 Chinese crime drama film directed by Lou Ye. [2] It made its world premiere at the 58th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in 2018. [3] The film was also shown in the Panorama section at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. [4]
Trewey suggests the chalk for the limelight to be cut in a triangular form, or else it will produce a gray border around the shadow. Cannell states another favorite amongst shadowgraphists is the use of acetylene gas (i.e. acetylene gas lamp or carbide lamp). [7] Nowadays it is possible to use a single lensless (for example, SMD) LED.
The museum was designed by Chiu Kun-liang.It has eight sections which spreads across four floors and basement, which are lobby, performance area, exhibition area, digital shadow play theater, experience area, reference room, promotion and research center and creative cultural product area.
An early form of Chinese drama is the Canjun Opera (參軍戲, or Adjutant Play) which originated from the Later Zhao dynasty (319–351). [12] [13] [14] In its early form, it was a simple comic drama involving only two performers, where a corrupt officer, Canjun or the adjutant, was ridiculed by a jester named Grey Hawk (蒼鶻). [12]
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The shadow puppetry play Leifeng Pagoda repeatedly emphasizes that White Snake Lady's son, Xu Shilin, is the incarnation of Kuixing (魁星, the God of Literature), widely revered in ancient China as the deity governing literary success.