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Enchanted Stories: Chinese Shadow Theater in Shaanxi
Treasures from the Shaanxi Provincial Art Gallery
A Web-Companion to China Institute's Spring 2008 Gallery Exhibition

Introduction
Chinese Shadow Theater
Chinese Theater, Opera, and Related Arts
Chinese Shadow Theater--Stories and Characters
Shadow Theater Outside of China
Puppetry and Puppets
Curricula
Other Resources
Books, Etc.

Wuzhen (II): A Chinese Shadow Puppet Experience (Gustavo Thomas)

Two videos from a student of traditional theatrical genres. Recorded at a performance in a Shaanxi village, one is taken from out in the audience, the other from backstage showing how the puppeteers work.

Objects from China Expedition (1901-1904) (Anthropology Department, American Museum of Natural History)

On the search menu choose "China" and enter "shadow puppet." You'll access more than twelve hundred high quality photos of shadow puppets and shadow theater paraphernalia.

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