1.How is it made? The puppets are very delicate items and normally made from donkey or oxen skin. You can also cut – out designs and translucent dyes. They’re usually really thin so that colures and the outline are displayed on a screen.
2. History – 2000 years ago Wu Emperor of the han Dynasty was so upset by the death of a woman, he wanted to step down. The Emperors servant had an idea to cheer him up from seeing children playing with dolls and shadows. Firstly shadow puppets were made out of paper sculpture, but later they used donkey and oxen skin. That’s why they call it piying, which means shadows of hides.
3. How is it used? By curtains and people making shadows with a light behind them.
By The Arts & Crafts Group (RC)
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It is fun to hear the history of Shadow puppets. Keep up the good work room 9
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