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(This review of the performance
of the Red Gate Shadow Puppets in
the Deanery, February17, under the
auspices of the Ghinese Scholarship
Committee, is especiaily contributed
by Vung-Yuin Ting. It will be print-
ed in the next issue of the STUDENT
INTERNATIONALIST. )

An amusement which bears a great
resemblance to motion pictures and
which has preceded them by, some two
thousand years is the Chinese Shadow.
Puppets.
time the Emperor lost his most beau-
tiful and graceful dancer in the
court and could not be consoled; he
demanded his magicians to bring her
back alive*with the penalty of death
if it was not carried out. This was
the origin of the puppets:..The artists
and players were so clever that the
Emperor was pleased and the shadow
puppets were installed as one of the
chief amusements of the court and of
the official households.

The puppets and scenery are ex-
quisitely carved out of donkey skin,
painted with bright colors and lac-
quered. They result in almost trans-
parent colorful figures which con-
form to the types of characters seen
on the Chinese stage;—scholars, war-









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riors, maidens, officials, and also ani-
mals, These are placed against a
white screen, usually of Chinese pa-
per, occasionally of fine white silk,
with a projecting Jight some five feet
away from the screen. Oil lamps
had always been used (before the in-
troduction of electricity) which gave
a delicate, soft illumination, showing
up the colors beautifully through the
semi-transparent figures. The pup-
pets are not manipulated by strings
from above, but by stiff wires from
below. The acting is accompanied ‘by
music, noises, conversation, and occa-
sional explanations.

The subject. matter is usually a

story or a Fegend, which is familiar

to every Chinese mind. The daily
life of people with their sorrow and

happiness ig portrayed. The element

of the supernatural enters in quite
frequently; as when the spirits of
two lovers, for example, are trans-
formed into a pair of birds or butter-
flies;-or ag when the members of the

Heavenly court are incarnated into,

human beings as a.punishment for
misdemeanour. There are also stories
for children like Why the Dog Chases
the. Cat, and the adaptation of How
the Elephant Got His Trunk. All in
all, they atford a great deal of amuse-
ment, especially for the women and
children, who are confined within the
walls of the courtyards.

Of course, these puppets have the

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many shortcomings of ordinary pup-
yets,-plus the additional limitation"
of one view (only two dimensions are
represented, usually side view). But
in spite of these handicaps there are
clever puppeteers who can present
the characters with extyeme dexterity
and realism. The fight between the
dragon and the elephant is an ex-
ample, or the crumpling down of a
burning house. However, there aré
elements which have to be taken for
granted, or otherwise they seem in-
congruous and ridiculous. There are
movements and gestures, the signifi-
cance of which can hardly be under-
stood by the uninitiated. But when
a type of play has lasted for two
thousand years in a country, it is nat-

‘ural that conventional movements are

developed which are traditional and
taken for granted by the natives, and
which are utterly incomprehensible to
foreigners.

Unfortunately, with .the influx of |,

western civilization and its amuse-
ments, the younger generation in
China is looking upon its own amuse-
ments as antiquated or with indiffer-

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ence, if not with scorn. They have
forsaken the Chinese theatres and are
now crowding the movie houses, The.
shadow puppets can now only be seen
in Peiping and. some -parts-of~Shansi

(a province in North China). There Scenes

are very few experts left in the pro- | I. Prologue

duction of puppet shows. II. - Beside a Stream
Afternoon Program, 3.00 P. M. III. In Heaven

1. The Feast of Lanterns IV. The Cowherd’s Cottage

2. The Sword Dance’ from the|V. The Bridge of Magpies

ite Snake”
Peg | he Elephant Got His Trunk
.—A Chinese Fable
4.': The Drum Dance
Intermission
5. The Cowher and the Weaving
Maid—The Legend of the Stars
Characters in‘ the Prologue
Chien Hsin, A Student....Lu Ping
Characters in the Play
The Cowherd 4
The ‘Cow



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at twenty-five cents per person.





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