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Xining, 8 Dec (Xinhua) -- A curtain and two chandeliers could not have been simpler. "Shhh", the whole audience suddenly fell silent. Accompanied by a tight gong and drum sound, several silhouettes under the control of the actors behind the scenes continued to jump and jump, winning a round of applause from the audience.
Students at Qingdao Guokai Middle School's Hualong Campus watch a shadow puppet show on December 2. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Shengsheng
At the Hualong Campus of Qingdao Guokai Middle School in Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, a unique shadow puppet show is being staged. The performance mainly revolves around the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
In order to do a good job in publicizing the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Shadow Puppet Theater Troupe of Zaba Town, Hualong County, integrated the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the study and education of Party history into the performance of shadow puppetry.
"In order to achieve the best performance effect, our troupe has been rehearsing overtime for several days." Zhao Yongjie, a 66-year-old actor in the shadow puppet theater troupe, said.
On December 2, the shadow puppet theater band is behind the scenes. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Shengsheng
Shadow puppetry, commonly known as "lamp shadow", has a history of thousands of years in china. In 2011, Chinese shadow puppetry was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Pick, resist, push, pull, shake, shake... Several actors behind the curtain are very skilled, and in the change of light and shadow, between movement and stillness, the charm of shadow puppetry is vividly displayed.
Ma Dongsheng, a 16-year-old high school student, looked very seriously offstage. "Today's shadow puppetry is very exciting, let us feel that today's happy life is not easy to come by!"
On December 2, students from Qingdao Guokai Middle School Hualong Campus watched a shadow puppet show at the scene. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Shengsheng
In recent days, the troupe has gone to communities, schools, villages and towns to publicize the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for the local people. Up to now, Hualong County has held more than 40 shadow puppet performances, with a total of more than 140,000 people watching online and offline.
"Our shadow puppet shows are in the form that the masses like to hear, which not only allows everyone to understand the traditional art of shadow puppetry, but also allows everyone to deeply understand the great achievements of our party in the performance." Shan Weiping, director of the Cultural Industry Office of the Hualong County Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism and head of the Shadow Puppet Theater Troupe, said.
"In the middle of the night, I look forward to the dawn, and the cold winter moon and the spring breeze; if you want the red army to come, the mountains are full of yo ying mountain red..." At the end of the performance, the whole audience sang a chorus, and the song resounded throughout the classroom.