Wang's Shadow Museum

Wang's Shadow Museum

Langzhong City, Sichuan Province, China

The Wang family in Langzhong has inherited shadow play art for generations and is one of the most renowned families for preserving shadow play in China, enjoying a high reputation internationally. Wang Wenkun inherited and carried forward the shadow play art left behind by his ancestors and was praised as an "all-rounder" and a master with merits drawn from various schools, including mastering skills like carving, painting, singing, manipulating and playing instruments. The "Wang's Shadow Play", a school shaped primarily by Wang Wenkun, is a unique, ingenious and unfading art among various resplendent shadow play art schools in China.

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