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The shadow play passing down

As night falls, the villagers of Li family in the mountains bring their chairs to the courtyard early to watch shadow puppetry. The elderly grandfather from next door sits on the wall, an old man from the neighboring village arrives with his donkey. The village's elder woman comes with her dog to enjoy the shadow puppetry show. Everyone watches with great interest, truly the shadow puppetry truly passing down from generation to generation.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: China
Camera: NIKON D800
Copyright: © Tonghua Lin