Chinese shadow puppetry has been passed down for more than 2,000 years since it was first recorded in writing. It is an important part of China's excellent traditional culture and an important treasure of humanity's intangible cultural heritage. As a form of traditional theatrical expression, shadow puppetry tells wonderful stories, creates flesh-and-blood characters, conveys simple and common human emotions, and also displays exquisite shadow-making and shadow-controlling skills and the aesthetics of light and shadow art. The book is based on the rotation of the four seasons and the twelve months of the lunar calendar, and uses beautiful hand-painted shadow puppet illustrations as a carrier. It breaks the traditional interpretation of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and through a detailed and popular introduction to the common theme characters of folk shadow puppetry in each season (such as Shennong, Nuwa, Kuafu, Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Monkey King, Eight Immortals, Jiang Taigong, Fu Lu Shou, Dragon King, Guan Gong, etc.), it sorts out the shadow puppetry with pictures and texts.
中国皮影戏自有文字记载至今已传承了2000余年，是中华优秀传统文化浓墨重彩的一部分，也是人类非物质文化遗产中的重要宝藏。作为传统戏剧表现形式的一种，皮影讲述精彩纷呈的故事，塑造有血有肉的人物，传达朴素共通的人类情感，也展现出精妙绝伦的造影控影技艺及光影艺术美学。全书以四季轮转、农历十二个月为基本脉络，以手绘复刻的精美皮影插画为载体，打破了儒释道的阐释传统，通过对各个时令民间皮影戏常见主题人物(如神农、女娲、夸父、牛郎织女、孙悟空、八仙、姜太公、福禄寿、龙王、关公等)详实通俗的介绍讲述，图文并茂地梳理了皮影
中国皮影戏自有文字记载至今已传承了2000余年，是中华优秀传统文化浓墨重彩的一部分，也是人类非物质文化遗产中的重要宝藏。作为传统戏剧表现形式的一种，皮影讲述精彩纷呈的故事，塑造有血有肉的人物，传达朴素共通的人类情感，也展现出精妙绝伦的造影控影技艺及光影艺术美学。全书以四季轮转、农历十二个月为基本脉络，以手绘复刻的精美皮影插画为载体，打破了儒释道的阐释传统，通过对各个时令民间皮影戏常见主题人物(如神农、女娲、夸父、牛郎织女、孙悟空、八仙、姜太公、福禄寿、龙王、关公等)详实通俗的介绍讲述，图文并茂地梳理了皮影
