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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.

Decoration, Costume, and Symbolic Design in Chinese Theater (TheaterHistory.com)

The Chinese Stage (Thinkquest.org)

A website constructed by ten to twelve year olds from the People's Republic of China. It has sections on history, characters, costumes, instruments, and folktales and myths.

Beijing Opera (Wikipedia.com)

A well-documented Wikipedia article. Beijing opera attained great popularity during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911).

Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum

Mei Lanfang (1894-1961) was not only of the greatest exponents of Beijing opera's female roles, but also brought his art to international audiences in the first half of the twentieth century.

Revolutionary Cultural Productions (Morningsun.org)

Talks at the Yenan Forum on Literature and Art (May 1942) (Mao Zedong)

Chinese Opera Masks (Paul and Bernice Knoll)

Drawings of more than a hundred opera masks with explanations of the roles they depict.

Chinese Storytelling (Shuoshu.org)

"From the time of the Song dynasty (960-1279) historical sources testify not only to the existence, but also to the popularity of professional storytelling in China...This traditional art has developed and continued into the present."

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