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Chinese Daily Photos of 2022!!
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Zhao Guilan, 82, is making cloth toy tigers during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger in Xibeichang Village, east China's Shandong Province. Inspired by her mother, she has been in love with the traditional craft since childhood.
With her unique skills in making tigers by hand, Zhao, together with her husband, raised three children, using the money to start a family. Today Zhao is still pursuing her handicraft into her 80s.
Over the years, Zhao has always insisted on selling her sewn works at local markets. With changes in aesthetic tastes, she is also making changes to her handicrafts. "Today's cloth is more colorful. Both the color and the shape of the tiger are much better than those in the past," Zhao said.
There is a 16-member shadow puppetry troupe in Hualong Hui Autonomous County, Haidong City, northwest China's Qinghai Province. Although the troupe has only established for one year, they have already produced many works, such as shadow puppetry dramas, shadow-puppet-inspired dances, and leather carving handicrafts. The troupe provides marvelous performances for local audience with its innovations based on traditional shadow puppetry art.
Jin Wenlu, 65 years old, is a member of the shadow puppetry troupe who has been working in this industry for almost 40 years. He said the production method of the puppet is in fact very complicated. Leather is used to make the puppets. After soaking in water for 15 days, the leather will be hung and fixed in the shade, and then carved. After picking out the brightest leather, craftsmen will carry out a series of processes, including carving, correction, variegation, and firing. Then, the craftsman will connect and assemble each part to form a colorful shadow puppet figure.
A member of the troupe colors a shadow puppet.
This vivid leather carving handicraft from the play Water Margin is a cultural product made by this shadow puppetry troupe. It is an attempt to integrate shadow puppetry with modern elements.
After the show, audiences are invited to try the shadow puppets.
China 2015
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