Accompanied by music, a humorous story unfolds as a turtle and a crane engage in playful antics, brought to life through the clever interplay of light and curtain in a Chinese shadow puppetry performance. The audience appears very much entertained, with bursts of laughter echoing throughout the shenanigans unfolding on stage.
Backstage, Lu Baogang, a national-level inheritor of Beijing shadow puppetry art, and the other performers of the Beijing Shadow Show Troupe, expertly manipulate the silhouettes.
The crane executes a series of complex movements that are particularly difficult to manage for the puppeteers. Having assumed the mantle from his father at the
