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Shadow puppet play(皮影戏píyǐngxì), which also called "shadow play", is a drama form in which the player holds the human figures that are engraved(carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface) by the animal hides with colored paintings, and reflected on the curtain through the light, singing and dancing controlled by the player with the silk string, drums music and gongs, playing a series of stories. It is widely spread in most regions in China, except Tibet and Xinjiang, with different styles of shadow puppet play in different places. However, the characters shaping and performance skills are all quite exquisite, with play themes including the Chinese ancient magic, myths, religions, monarchs(the monarch of a country is the king, queen, emperor, or empress), legal cases, wars, as well as talented scholars and pretty ladies, the secular life.