Shadow Puppet Journey

Author: Wei Liqun
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Shadow puppetry carries with it a wealth of highly important traditional cultural information, intertwining secular, spiritual, ethical, philosophical, historical, and aesthetic elements, passed down through our nation and among the people. Over the past two decades, the author has traveled across more than 20 provinces, cities, and autonomous regions in China, visiting rural areas in over 170 counties, interviewing more than 1,100 shadow puppetry artisans, and uncovering and compiling a vast amount of material on shadow puppetry. As a result, the author has organized their research into travel routes, combining tourism perspectives with local folk customs to discuss China's shadow puppetry. This book invites readers to explore the world of Chinese shadow puppetry.