Intangible cultural heritage traditional Chinese shadow puppet

Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out leather or paper figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and translucent screen or scrim. National intangible cultural heritage—Chinese shadow puppet originated form the Western Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2000 years. Chinese shadow puppet is simple in shape and has ornamental and collection value.