Among the museum's other prized collections are Ming Dynasty works like Eight Immortals crossing the Sea and Qing Dynasty classics such as The Legend of the White Snake. The shadow puppet ...

San Diego's Twisted Heart Puppetworks presents the first annual "Shadows Across the Globe" virtual, worldwide shadow puppet festival July 9-11, 2021, with free performances streaming online.

Shadow puppet plays were an essential part of celebrations at birthdays, weddings and funerals. Although much of it was aimed at the masses, members of nobility enjoyed it too, ...