My brush was tiny, more like something you’d use for nail polish. That was apt because I was struggling to paint the toenails of my dragon shadow puppet. Dipping the silken brush into a pot of ...

The Xiangtan paper shadow play is a regional variation of Chinese shadow puppetry that blends traditional opera, painting, ...

Harrison Greene puppeteering at Friday’s show. Chinese Theatre Works, based in New York, performs classical Chinese theatre arts and western fusion shows. Photo by Christina Roby/The Daily Campus ...

FLUSHING, Queens (PIX11) – In honor of the Lunar New Year, a fascinating new exhibit is opening at Flushing Town Hall, celebrating the ancient art of Chinese puppetry. They are beautiful, magical, and ...

A Chinese Shadow Puppet Play artist performs at a Chinese Shadow performance festival in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province November 6. Chinese Shadow, one of the most ancient genre of ...

Google marked the Lunar New Year on Tuesday in the United States with a Google Doodle on the search site’s homepage. People throughout most of Asia and across the globe welcomed in the Year of the Pig ...

“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

In this picture taken on May 10, 2019, Beijing Shadow Show Troupe puppeteers conduct a performance for schoolchildren in Beijing. Shadow puppets flitting across screens and reliving age old stories ...

The traditional Chinese calendar, which incorporates 12 zodiac animals, leverages moon cycles to mark the new year. In 2019, this date falls on February 5th and begins the Year of the Pig. To ...