Digital shadow puppetry exhibition opens Saturday - People's Daily Online
'Piying Dream' set to revive interest in Chinese shadow play
In fact, the immersive medium employing cutting-edge projection technology follows the same artistic tradition of manipulating light and shadow.
In the first chapter, we enter this fantasy world through a bustling and peaceful village. In the second chapter, we stroll along the village street to the palace, where officials and bureaucrats greet the monarch. In the third chapter, youthful couples dance at the royal court. In the fourth chapter, guests from all over the world arrive to greet the king, bringing festivities and bounties. In the fifth chapter, we descend into pandemonium as a result of malevolent forces from foreign lands. In chapter six, palace soldiers and adversaries engage in enthralling sword and spear battles. The heavenly brigade comes to the rescue in chapter seven. In the final chapter, harmony is restored, and goddesses dance joyfully in the sky.