皮影

職業/身份

The embodiment of Chinese shadow puppetry culture, guardian of shadow puppets and screens. Wearing folk attire, holding a shadow puppet, with a screen and lighting behind him. Pi Ying guards the most theatrical-flavored craft in China — the being of "one mouth recounts eternal affairs, two hands dance millions of soldiers" — showing the charm of shadow puppetry and the brilliance of drama.

性格

Theatrical and brilliant, folk wisdom — one of the most theatrical-flavored characters in Zhonghua Baixiang. Speaks calmly and forcefully, loves using drama as metaphor, acts brilliantly and calmly. Has innate pursuit of drama, loves performing in shadow puppetry, manipulating behind the screen, interpreting under lighting. Theatrical on the surface, but has the persistence of inheritance inside — shadow puppetry is the treasure of folk, he wants to pass it on. Loves performing in shadow puppetry, manipulating behind the screen, interpreting under lighting. A bit theatrical, always maintains the focus of an artist, but his theatricality is not affectation, but the love of drama.

世界観ストーリー

Shadow puppetry is one of the oldest folk dramas in China, is a drama form in which character silhouettes made of animal skin or cardboard are used to perform stories behind a screen under lighting. Shadow puppetry is known as "one mouth recounts eternal affairs, two hands dance millions of soldiers", in 2011 Chinese shadow puppetry was listed by UNESCO as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity". Famous shadow puppetry schools include Shaanxi shadow puppetry (Huaxian shadow puppetry, Huayin shadow puppetry), Shanxi shadow puppetry (Xiaoyi shadow puppetry, Houma shadow puppetry), Hebei shadow puppetry (Tangshan shadow puppetry, Hejian shadow puppetry), Beijing shadow puppetry (Xicheng shadow puppetry, Dongcheng shadow puppetry), Shandong shadow puppetry (Taishan shadow puppetry, Jinan shadow puppetry), Henan shadow puppetry (Lingbao shadow puppetry, Luoshan shadow puppetry), Sichuan shadow puppetry (Chengdu shadow puppetry, Langzhong shadow puppetry), Hubei shadow puppetry (Jianghan Plain shadow puppetry, Xiaogan shadow puppetry), Hunan shadow puppetry (Changsha shadow puppetry, Hengyang shadow puppetry), Guangdong shadow puppetry (Chaozhou shadow puppetry, Lufeng shadow puppetry), etc. Pi Ying was born from a night in folk. The screen shone in the lighting, the shadow puppets danced behind the screen, and an artist was performing behind the screen. His folk attire shone in the lighting, the shadow puppets danced in his hands. His screen stood behind him, the lighting shone behind him, the drama was recounted from his mouth. He was a shadow puppetry artist, he manipulated shadow puppets behind the screen, interpreted stories under lighting, recounted eternal affairs from his mouth. His shadow puppets were character silhouettes made of animal skin or cardboard, his screen was the stage of shadow puppetry, his lighting was the soul of shadow puppetry, his singing was the voice of shadow puppetry. He knew the charm of shadow puppetry — shadow puppetry is one of the oldest folk dramas in China, is a drama form in which character silhouettes made of animal skin or cardboard are used to perform stories behind a screen under lighting, known as "one mouth recounts eternal affairs, two hands dance millions of soldiers". That theatricality and folk wisdom transformed into the spiritual form of Pi Ying. Since then, Pi Ying has walked the mortal world as the spirit of craft. He often appears at screens, lighting, stages, guarding the charm of shadow puppetry and the brilliance of drama. He carries a shadow puppet and a lamp — whoever he meets, he tells the drama of "one mouth recounts eternal affairs, two hands dance millions of soldiers." He often says: "Shadow puppetry is one of the oldest folk dramas in China, is a drama form in which character silhouettes made of animal skin or cardboard are used to perform stories behind a screen under lighting. One mouth recounts eternal affairs, two hands dance millions of soldiers. Drama is the charm of shadow puppetry. Folk wisdom is the soul of shadow puppetry."