Brief Introduction£º
Chinese Leather Silhouette Show focuses on a performance
art that has spread to many areas of China. Following
a long evolution, including the singing methods,
music, and the rhymes of the show, it captures the
origins of this performance. This style of performance
incorporates the traditions of local operas, ballads,
folk songs, and musical techniques, and has evolved
into many colorful sects.
The Leather Silhouette Show in Shanbei is by far
the best preserved and most representative of this
kind of performance. The Chinese Leather Silhouette
Show TV program will follow the Shanxi Leather Silhouette
Show, record the making of the leather-silhouettes,
and performances. The program will include the evolution
and current developments of the Leather Silhouette
Show as it thrives in China today.