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A 50-minute drive northwest of downtown, Beijing, a village pops up. It【小题1】(house) a shadow puppetry troupe (皮影戏剧团) and Beijing Long zaitian Shadow Puppet Theater.

Shadow puppetry is seen【小题2】the prequel (先行篇) to film and animation in China. Besides performances【小题3】 (create) by light and shadow, performers must master a【小题4】(vary) skill set as the plays combine painting, carving, opera and literature. But due to low revenue and a small market, young people are unwilling 【小题5】(learn) shadow puppetry.

【小题6】, this particular troupe stands out from the crowd. Average performer age is only 25. Moreover, of the 300 performers【小题7】has trained over the years, many are under 1.4 m in【小题8】(high). In 2021, the team created Winter Olympics-themed shadow pupets. The troupe also staged different plays【小题9】(introduce) ice and snow sports through fairy tales.

“【小题10】(fortunate), we have these people. They have been devoted to the inheritance of shadow puppetry for over a decade,”said Wang Xi, inheritor of Beijing Western School Shadow Puppetry.