Wangkui Shadow Puppetry

Wangkui’s Jiangbei school of shadow theatre continues through performance, carving and teaching. Guan Haiying, identified as a fifth-generation inheritor, has organized performances and taught students, keeping the repertoire active while local groups stage both classic and new plays.

A fine-pointed tool contacting thin material on a wooden workboard
Carving thin material on a wooden workboard, in a photograph from Wangkui’s shadow-theatre cultural section.

Wangkui Shadow Puppetry

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  1. Carving thin material on a wooden workboard, in a photograph from Wangkui’s shadow-theatre cultural section.Wangkui County Government · Photographer not identified · License not specified Photo source ↗ Proportionally resized and converted to WebP; no cropping or scene-content changes.