The heritage hidden in shadows
1 year ago

The heritage hidden in shadows

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A shadow puppetry artwork created by Wang's Shadow is exhibited during the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an in May. Last month, two prominent online personalities, each with more than 10 million followers, Nanxiang Buaichifan and Jiuyue, shared videos documenting their journey to learn how to perform shadow puppetry that have garnered over 20 million views on social media platforms, such as Bilibili and Douyin. Dang Feihua is the fifth-generation inheritor of Wang's Shadow, a family troupe based in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, which is famous for shadow puppet making and especially its carving skills. Fortunately, Nanxiang Buaichifan and Jiuyue were lucky enough to learn from the best — Dang Feihua, a 23-year-old inheritor of the shadow puppetry tradition. Dang is the fifth-generation inheritor of Wang's Shadow, a family troupe based in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, which is famous for shadow puppet making, and especially its carving skills.

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Intl photographers capture Tai'an's charm
1 week ago

Intl photographers capture Tai'an's charm

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A group of 25 world-renowned photographers of the International Federation of Photographic Art from countries including China, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain recently embarked on a photographic journey in Tai'an, Shandong province. Following their visit to the mountain, the photographers immersed themselves in the rich cultural heritage of Tai'an by visiting the Daimiao Temple, located at the foot …

Intl photographers capture Tai'an's charm
1 week, 1 day ago

Intl photographers capture Tai'an's charm

China Daily  

A group of 25 world-renowned photographers of the International Federation of Photographic Art from countries including China, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain recently embarked on a photographic journey in Tai'an, Shandong province. Following their visit to the mountain, the photographers immersed themselves in the rich cultural heritage of Tai'an by visiting the Daimiao Temple, located at the foot …

Shadow puppeteers preserve old folk art
6 months, 1 week ago

Shadow puppeteers preserve old folk art

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One puppet on show. Dating back to the Western Han Dynasty, piyingxi, or shadow puppetry, which means performance with shadows, is a form of theater using colorful silhouette figures made of leather accompanied by music and singing. In its heyday, professional shadow puppet troupes abounded, and countless smaller groups formed by families or individuals contributed to about 30 genres. Wealthy, …

Shadow puppeteers preserve old folk art
6 months, 1 week ago

Shadow puppeteers preserve old folk art

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A shadow puppetry troupe performs at an exhibition at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing. As the familiar melodies that once echoed through his childhood fill the air at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in downtown Beijing, 53-year-old Liang Rongshan is transported back in time. As a third-generation shadow puppet performer and sculptor in Zhushan county, Shiyan, Hubei province, Liang brings …

Shadow puppeteers preserve old folk art
6 months, 1 week ago

Shadow puppeteers preserve old folk art

China Daily  

A shadow puppetry troupe performs at an exhibition at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing. As the familiar melodies that once echoed through his childhood fill the air at Prince Kung's Palace Museum in downtown Beijing, 53-year-old Liang Rongshan is transported back in time. As a third-generation shadow puppet performer and sculptor in Zhushan county, Shiyan, Hubei province, Liang brings …

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests

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Sirerol Gonzalez Noel, a member of the "A Date with China 2024 – Meet Shandong" international media tour, learn to make shadow puppets in Qufu, East China's Shandong province, on June 2, 2024. A group of foreign correspondents and social media influencers based in China visited Qufu, a county-level city of Jining in East China's Shandong province, from Sunday to …

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests

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Sirerol Gonzalez Noel, a member of the "A Date with China 2024 – Meet Shandong" international media tour, learn to make shadow puppets in Qufu, East China’s Shandong province, on June 2, 2024. A group of foreign correspondents and social media influencers based in China visited Qufu, a county-level city of Jining in East China's Shandong province, from Sunday to …

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests

China Daily  

Sirerol Gonzalez Noel, a member of the "A Date with China 2024 – Meet Shandong" international media tour, learn to make shadow puppets in Qufu, East China's Shandong province, on June 2, 2024. A group of foreign correspondents and social media influencers based in China visited Qufu, a county-level city of Jining in East China's Shandong province, from Sunday to …

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests

China Daily  

Sirerol Gonzalez Noel, a member of the "A Date with China 2024 – Meet Shandong" international media tour, learn to make shadow puppets in Qufu, East China’s Shandong province, on June 2, 2024. A group of foreign correspondents and social media influencers based in China visited Qufu, a county-level city of Jining in East China's Shandong province, from Sunday to …

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests

China Daily  

Sirerol Gonzalez Noel, a member of the "A Date with China 2024 – Meet Shandong" international media tour, learn to make shadow puppets in Qufu, East China's Shandong province, on June 2, 2024. A group of foreign correspondents and social media influencers based in China visited Qufu, a county-level city of Jining in East China's Shandong province, from Sunday to …

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Qufu serves up buffet of hands-on experience for media guests

China Daily  

Sirerol Gonzalez Noel, a member of the "A Date with China 2024 – Meet Shandong" international media tour, learn to make shadow puppets in Qufu, East China's Shandong province, on June 2, 2024. A group of foreign correspondents and social media influencers based in China visited Qufu, a county-level city of Jining in East China's Shandong province, from Sunday to …

French youth gain insights into Taishan Shadow Puppetry
8 months, 1 week ago

French youth gain insights into Taishan Shadow Puppetry

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A group of young French gained insights into the history of Taishan Shadow Puppetry, a national intangible cultural heritage item, at the ICH training center in Tai'an, Shandong province on April 13. Under the guidance of Fan Weiguo, a seventh-generation inheritor of the art form, the students Taishan Shadow Puppetry boasts over 600 years of history and is an ancient …

French youth gain insights into Taishan Shadow Puppetry
8 months, 1 week ago

French youth gain insights into Taishan Shadow Puppetry

China Daily  

A group of young French gained insights into the history of Taishan Shadow Puppetry, a national intangible cultural heritage item, at the ICH training center in Tai'an, Shandong province on April 13. Under the guidance of Fan Weiguo, a seventh-generation inheritor of the art form, the students Taishan Shadow Puppetry boasts over 600 years of history and is an ancient …

The heritage hidden in shadows
1 year ago

The heritage hidden in shadows

China Daily  

A shadow puppetry artwork created by Wang's Shadow is exhibited during the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an in May. Last month, two prominent online personalities, each with more than 10 million followers, Nanxiang Buaichifan and Jiuyue, shared videos documenting their journey to learn how to perform shadow puppetry that have garnered over 20 million views on social media platforms, such …

The heritage hidden in shadows
1 year ago

The heritage hidden in shadows

China Daily  

A collaborative shadow puppetry work by Wang's Shadow in partnership with a mobile game. He says that the hotel will turn its public space into a museum of shadow puppetry, exhibiting many of his family's shadow puppets that haven't had an opportunity to be presented. In the future, I want to collaborate with research institutions so that they can collect …

The heritage hidden in shadows
1 year ago

The heritage hidden in shadows

China Daily  

A shadow puppetry artwork created by Wang's Shadow is exhibited during the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an in May. Last month, two prominent online personalities, each with more than 10 million followers, Nanxiang Buaichifan and Jiuyue, shared videos documenting their journey to learn how to perform shadow puppetry that have garnered over 20 million views on social media platforms, such …

The heritage hidden in shadows
1 year ago

The heritage hidden in shadows

China Daily  

A shadow puppetry artwork created by Wang's Shadow is exhibited during the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an in May. Last month, two prominent online personalities, each with more than 10 million followers, Nanxiang Buaichifan and Jiuyue, shared videos documenting their journey to learn how to perform shadow puppetry that have garnered over 20 million views on social media platforms, such …

The heritage hidden in shadows
1 year ago

The heritage hidden in shadows

China Daily  

Dang with his grandfather Wang Tianwen and his mother Wang Haiyan. Nanxiang Buaichifan says that Dang and the other teachers he worked with generously imparted their knowledge in the hope that the younger generation finds ways to convey the essence of shadow puppetry in a manner that resonates with today's youth. Jiuyue says: "The small shadow puppet transcends artistry; it …

Daoqing puppetry steps out of shadows
1 year, 5 months ago

Daoqing puppetry steps out of shadows

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The Jing brothers practice with their instruments. Currently, Huanxian is home to around 40 shadow puppet troupes, 300 performers and 60 sculptors, according to Wu Cunjun, a member of the county's intangible cultural heritage protection center. The Jing family troupe, to which the brothers belonged, was established in 1903 and is one of the most prestigious shadow puppet troupes in …

78-year-old stages solo shadow puppetry in Tai'an
1 year, 10 months ago

78-year-old stages solo shadow puppetry in Tai'an

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Fan Zheng'an performs a Taishan Shadow Puppetry show. The 78-year-old Fan Zheng'an, staged a shadow play related to an immortal Shigandang on Feb 9 at the Taishan Shadow Play Theater in Tai'an, Shandong province, which received high praise from viewers. In 1953, the then 8-year-old Fan saw his first shadow puppetry, and since then, he has become a big fan …

78-year-old stages solo shadow puppetry in Tai'an
1 year, 10 months ago

78-year-old stages solo shadow puppetry in Tai'an

China Daily  

Fan Zheng'an performs a Taishan Shadow Puppetry show. The 78-year-old Fan Zheng'an, staged a shadow play related to an immortal Shigandang on Feb 9 at the Taishan Shadow Play Theater in Tai'an, Shandong province, which received high praise from viewers. In 1953, the then 8-year-old Fan saw his first shadow puppetry, and since then, he has become a big fan …

78-year-old stages solo shadow puppetry in Tai'an
1 year, 10 months ago

78-year-old stages solo shadow puppetry in Tai'an

China Daily  

Fan Zheng'an performs a Taishan Shadow Puppetry show. The 78-year-old Fan Zheng'an, staged a shadow play related to an immortal Shigandang on Feb 9 at the Taishan Shadow Play Theater in Tai'an, Shandong province, which received high praise from viewers. In 1953, the then 8-year-old Fan saw his first shadow puppetry, and since then, he has become a big fan …

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry
2 years, 6 months ago

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry

China Daily  

REGAINING GLORY The turnaround came in 2020 when he received a phone call from Zhao Zhixue, head of the music school at Longdong University. "We want to develop young students' long-term interest in intangible cultural heritage, so that some of them may choose to become practitioners of traditional art in the future," said Zhao. An innovative shadow puppet show named …

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry
2 years, 6 months ago

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry

China Daily  

As the powerful singing voice of 71-year-old Liu Aibang echoes across the classroom, students manipulate shadow puppets with rods, making them step onto the "stage" -- a translucent cloth screen illuminated from behind. This is a Daoqing shadow puppetry class at Longdong University in Northwest China's Gansu province. Originating in the Han Dynasty, Daoqing shadow puppetry in Gansu is an …

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry
2 years, 6 months ago

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry

China Daily  

As the powerful singing voice of 71-year-old Liu Aibang echoes across the classroom, students manipulate shadow puppets with rods, making them step onto the "stage" -- a translucent cloth screen illuminated from behind. This is a Daoqing shadow puppetry class at Longdong University in Northwest China's Gansu province. Originating in the Han Dynasty, Daoqing shadow puppetry in Gansu is an …

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry
2 years, 6 months ago

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry

China Daily  

REGAINING GLORY The turnaround came in 2020 when he received a phone call from Zhao Zhixue, head of the music school at Longdong University. "We want to develop young students' long-term interest in intangible cultural heritage, so that some of them may choose to become practitioners of traditional art in the future," said Zhao. An innovative shadow puppet show named …

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry
2 years, 6 months ago

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry

China Daily  

As the powerful singing voice of 71-year-old Liu Aibang echoes across the classroom, students manipulate shadow puppets with rods, making them step onto the "stage" -- a translucent cloth screen illuminated from behind. This is a Daoqing shadow puppetry class at Longdong University in Northwest China's Gansu province. Originating in the Han Dynasty, Daoqing shadow puppetry in Gansu is an …

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry
2 years, 6 months ago

Shedding light on Chinese shadow puppetry

China Daily  

As the powerful singing voice of 71-year-old Liu Aibang echoes across the classroom, students manipulate shadow puppets with rods, making them step onto the "stage" -- a translucent cloth screen illuminated from behind. This is a Daoqing shadow puppetry class at Longdong University in Northwest China's Gansu province. Originating in the Han Dynasty, Daoqing shadow puppetry in Gansu is an …

Jinan shadow puppeteer brings the art form closer to life
2 years, 6 months ago

Jinan shadow puppeteer brings the art form closer to life

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Li Juan performs shadow puppet. Li Juan, a fifth-generation inheritor of Jinan shadow puppet, is working to promote the innovation of the traditional art form and trying to integrate the technique into modern society. To promote the traditional art form, Li introduced shadow puppet at schools in 2007. Now many schools have opened shadow puppet courses and integrate the art …

Where excellence is made
2 years, 10 months ago

Where excellence is made

China Daily  

With a history of more than 600 years, Taishan Shadow Puppetry was listed in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects. The most amazing thing is that while shadow puppetry in other places usually requires a troupe, Taishan Shadow Puppetry must be performed by one person, who operates eight instruments, controls the puppeteers and sings at the same …

Taishan shadow puppetry: telling Chinese stories to the world
3 years, 6 months ago

Taishan shadow puppetry: telling Chinese stories to the world

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Fan Zheng'an, the sixth-generation inheritor of Mount Tai shadow puppetry, is trying to share Chinese culture with the world through this traditional Chinese performance. Taishan shadow puppetry, a national intangible cultural heritage, has a history of more than 600 years. Fan has also established a shadow puppetry museum where visitors can enjoy shadow shows, experience shadow show culture and learn …

Taishan shadow puppetry: telling Chinese stories to the world
3 years, 6 months ago

Taishan shadow puppetry: telling Chinese stories to the world

China Daily  

A shadow puppet show by Fan Zheng'an Fan Zheng'an, the sixth-generation inheritor of Mount Tai shadow puppetry, is trying to share Chinese culture with the world through this traditional Chinese performance. Taishan shadow puppetry, a national intangible cultural heritage, has a history of more than 600 years. Fan has also established a shadow puppetry museum where visitors can enjoy shadow …

Taishan shadow puppetry: telling Chinese stories to the world
3 years, 6 months ago

Taishan shadow puppetry: telling Chinese stories to the world

China Daily  

A shadow puppet show by Fan Zheng'an Fan Zheng'an, the sixth-generation inheritor of Mount Tai shadow puppetry, is trying to share Chinese culture with the world through this traditional Chinese performance. Taishan shadow puppetry, a national intangible cultural heritage, has a history of more than 600 years. Fan has also established a shadow puppetry museum where visitors can enjoy shadow …

Puppetry coming out of the shadows
3 years, 7 months ago

Puppetry coming out of the shadows

China Daily  

An experimental show, Chinese Shadow Puppetry, which made its debut at the Xi'an Concert Hall last month, is received by a full house in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. This approach to 2,000-year-old puppetry has given new life to the ancient art and is appealing to a younger audience in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Chinese Shadow Puppetry, an experimental show, made its …

Puppetry coming out of the shadows
3 years, 7 months ago

Puppetry coming out of the shadows

China Daily  

Wei Jinquan, a famed local artist, performs in the show. "I found the show to be a fun, artistic feast and quite modern," says a member of the audience surnamed Feng. Traditionally, puppetry is mostly staged at night with the performer projecting shadows onto an illuminated white cloth, while musicians provide a dramatic soundtrack, according to Wei Jinquan, a famed …

Puppetry coming out of the shadows
3 years, 7 months ago

Puppetry coming out of the shadows

China Daily  

An experimental show, Chinese Shadow Puppetry, which made its debut at the Xi'an Concert Hall last month, is received by a full house in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. This approach to 2,000-year-old puppetry has given new life to the ancient art and is appealing to a younger audience in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Chinese Shadow Puppetry, an experimental show, made its …

Shaanxi shadow play finds takers
3 years, 11 months ago

Shaanxi shadow play finds takers

China Daily  

Chang Zhi Gui, starring Wang Jinfa, is an experimental shadow play funded by a Tsinghua University's cultural-heritage project. A recent experimental shadow play, Chang Zhi Gui, offers an outlook on innovating upon the traditional art form with cross-cultural elements as part of the Tsinghua University Sulwhasoo Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Fund's annual project. Su Dan, a professor at Tsinghua University …

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