Folk Shadow Play: (Chinese Culture Book)

Chinese Title: 民间皮影（英文）
Title: Folk Shadow Play
ISBN: 9787119046709
Edition: English
Publishing Date: 2008-11
Chief Editor: Wei Liqun
Publishing House: Foreign Languages Press
Format: 32mo
Cover: P
Page: 155pp
Spec: 240*170mm


Introduction
China is the hometown of the shadow play. The Chinese leather shadow play is an ancient and widespread form of folk opera art. Over the past thousand years, folk artists have been casting leather puppets' shadows on a small white curtain while singing and dancing behind it, depicting the ups and downs of the life of the Chinese people. This book has selected over 300 exquisite leather shadow-play puppets from a large number of collections, classifying them according to region and genre. Along with explaining the related terminology of the shadow play, the book also gives readers a complete appreciation of this ancient yet still impressive art form.

Content
Introduction
Shadow Play Ferformancc
Fuppct Designs in the Western Shadow Flag Sets
　Whole Puppets
　Puppet Heads of Dan Characters
　Puppet Heads ofShen8 Characters
　Puppet Heads of/in8 Characters
　Puppet Heads of Chou Characters
　Deities and Spirits
FUppet: Designs in the Nortshern Shac]ow Play
　Whole Puppets
　Puppet Heads of Dan Characters
　Puppet Heads of Sheng Characters
　Puppet Heads of ling Characters
　Puppet Heads of chou Characters
　Puppet Heads of Evil Characters
　Deities and Spirits
Puppet Designs in the Central and Southern Shadow Plau
　Whole Puppets
　Puppet Heads
Other Shadow Play Designs
　Auspicious Animals
　Furniture Designs
Shadow Plags in the 196os and 1970s