New shadow puppets show attract younger audience

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Category: On The Campus

Published: Tuesday, 18 March 2014 08:41

A "Tangshan Shadow Puppet show for children" was staged in Ningbo's Concert Hall last weekends. The performers innovated the traditional art of shadow play and puppet play by combing the two in one play. The show presented classic children’s play like "Tiger King" "Big Wolf" and "Monkey King Defeats the White-Skeleton Demon" and won applause from both the kids and their parents.

According to Mr. Dong, who came to watch the show from Beilun District, the show had a lot of modern elements in it, "I think they are better than the shadow play I watched when I was a kid, and remain appealing for children today." His wife said in agreement, "The new form helps to pass down the two traditional arts to the younger generation and let them understand and enjoy our traditional ar