Carved Light and Shadow: Shadow Puppet Art Exhibition at Dalian Museum

I visited the "Carved Light and Shadow: Shadow Puppet Art Exhibition at Dalian Museum" at Dalian Museum. The exhibition displayed shadow puppet carving art from all over China, with a focus on shadow puppets from southern Liaoning and Shaanxi. The exhibition was titled "Carved Light and Shadow" and was organized around the themes of "Origin," "Appearance," "Amazement," and "Wishes." The exhibition was divided into four sections: "Tracing Shadow Puppets," "Brilliant Colors," "Carving Time," and "Wishes in the Shadows." The exhibition focused on the development of Chinese shadow puppetry, with a secondary focus on the different styles of shadow puppetry during its peak period. The exhibition concluded with the integration of shadow puppetry and folk customs, attempting to reveal the historical and cultural world behind Chinese shadow puppetry through new meanings. Shadow puppetry is a comprehensive folk art that combines painting, carving, music, literature, and performance. It is a form of drama created by ancient Chinese artists using the natural scientific principles of "light" and "shadow" to perform stories through shadow movements under light. It is also a form of drama that uses flat shapes to express theatrical animation and is known as the ancestor of film art. Dalian Museum