Galleria Pangea Shadow play artist Mr. Wei is going to play a shadow play show in Beijing. The once very popular art form has been forgotten by the villagers.

We met Mr. Wei on our trip to Hua County, Shanxi Province. After 8 hours of bus ride from Xi'an, we arrived in this small village, where one of the last Shadow play troupes still performs. From conversations with Mr. Wei, we can feel his passion and sorrow for shadow play.

Things seems to be getting better. More and more young Chinese started paying attention to traditional folk arts again. We are hoping all of our artisans can keep doing what they do best. We will do our small part to promote their art to the world.

On August 11th 2007, Mr. Wei and his troupes will perform a show in Beijing 798 Art space. You can purchase framed shadow play leather puppets at Galleria Pangea.