SHADOW play, a traditional Chinese storytelling art form, is thriving at the World Expo, thanks to a group of young people who perform the ancient drama form every day in a bid to save it from falling into decline or even extinction.
The show at the Expo site`s Urban Best Practices Area every morning is so popular that visitors gathered under shelters at the open-air drama plaza despite yesterday`s rain and wind brought by Typhoon Kompasu.
Shadow play, or shadow puppetry, is an art form where artists control two-dimensional puppets behind a backdrop.
With a beam of light shooting from behind the figures, the illusion of moving images is created on the front of the backdrop.
The show at the UBPA tells a famous story from a popular ancient novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The show at the Expo site`s Urban Best Practices Area every morning is so popular that visitors gathered under shelters at the open-air drama plaza despite yesterday`s rain and wind brought by Typhoon Kompasu.
Shadow play, or shadow puppetry, is an art form where artists control two-dimensional puppets behind a backdrop.
With a beam of light shooting from behind the figures, the illusion of moving images is created on the front of the backdrop.
The show at the UBPA tells a famous story from a popular ancient novel, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
