The father, a folk shadow puppet performer, came to the city to visit his daughter, whom he had not seen for several years. My daughter Xiaolin has been living in Beijing after graduating from college. In just three years, she lived in a big house in a prosperous area and drove a valuable brand-name sports car. After a period of observation and understanding, the father finally discovered that behind his daughter's "rich" life was a carefully constructed domino-like chain of bank and credit card debts. The huge debt was like a sharp knife hanging on Xiaolin's neck. Xiaolin, who lived in a mirage she had built, finally ushered in the day when the crisis broke out. Faced with a series of reminder calls from the bank and the pressure of broken love, Xiaolin's lost boat drifting in the ocean of the city was about to capsize. What can the poor old father do to save this vain and strong daughter?
"Have the courage to face the true face of life" may be a simple statement that everyone thinks is simple, but it may not be so easy to actually do it. . . . . .
Shadow puppetry is a treasure of traditional Chinese folk art that integrates Yue tune, carving, paper-cutting, singing and other art forms. Nowadays, this traditional art is facing the bleak scene of being lost or declining in many places. In this play, Xiaolin's parents are a pair of folk shadow puppet performers and producers.
This play would like to pay the author's most sincere respect to this treasure of traditional Chinese art and those skilled performing artists.
In 2006, shadow puppetry was selected into my country's first batch of "National Intangible Cultural Heritage List".
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