Tengchong shadow puppetry is a popular and long-standing Han art form in Tengchong, Yunnan. It is mainly spread in Tengchong County, Yunnan Province, and is called "light shadow", "leather puppetry" and "local film" by the locals. The shadow puppets are mostly made of cowhide, with a large body, about 50 cm high, simple shape, and a lot of round lines. Tengchong shadow puppetry was introduced from Huguang and Sichuan during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It has a documented history of more than 200 years and still maintains regular performances. It is said that it was brought to Tengchong by immigrants from Jiangnan, Huguang, Sichuan and other places who were stationed in the frontier in the early Ming Dynasty. Due to regional and linguistic differences. Tengchong shadow puppetry is divided into "Eastern Tune" and "Western Tune". The Eastern Tune comes from Donglian (Dongshan and Menglian), and the Western Tune comes from Xilian (Gudong, Mingguang, Ruidian). The Eastern Tune is famous for its tall images, elegant melody, and solemn atmosphere, while the Western Tune is famous for its exquisite images, brisk rhythm, and high emotions. The singing styles of Tengchong shadow play include male singing, female singing, horse singing, alkali cloud singing, sad board singing, etc. Shadow play is good at performing ancient war myths, with swords and guns, clouds and fog, people shouting and horses neighing, very lively, with strong patriotism and romanticism. Tengchong shadow play has a rich repertoire, mostly based on legends, novels and Han folk stories, especially the Three Kingdoms, the various countries, the Conferred Gods, the Water Margin, the West Game, the Tang Dynasty, the Yueyang, the Xue Family Generals, the Yang Family Generals and other series of plays, according to statistics, there are about three or four hundred. Such as "The Romance of the Conferred Gods", "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "The Tang Dynasty", "The Female Generals of the Yang Family", etc. Tengchong shadow play performance organization is based on the village, called "tang", which is equivalent to a village shadow play group. There were nearly a hundred tangs in the heyday of the Qing Dynasty. At present, the most influential shadow play group in Tengchong is the Gudong Liujiazhai shadow play group. Under the instruction of veteran artist Mr. Liu Dingzhong, this troupe has made breakthroughs and innovations in singing, performance, music, images, and leather figures. They have participated in folk art performances at the county, city, and provincial levels for many times, and have been highly praised by audiences and experts. As the only folk shadow play in Yunnan and even the entire southwest that has maintained uninterrupted performances, Tengchong shadow play has received high attention from provincial, municipal, and county departments at all levels and experts and scholars at home and abroad, and has attracted widespread attention from domestic and foreign media. Artist Liu Yongzhou was awarded the title of "Senior Artist of Ethnic and Folk Art in Yunnan Province" by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture for his "unique" shadow play production and performance. The shadow play he produced also participated in the "Yunnan Ethnic and Folk Art Artists Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", and CCTV's "1" column also interviewed him; artist Liu Dingsan was also awarded the title of "Yunnan Ethnic and Folk Artist". In June 2000, Gudong Town, Tengchong was named "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art (Shadow Play)" by the Ministry of Culture. In 2003, Gudong Liujiazhai Shadow Play Troupe, as the only shadow play representative from Southwest China, went to Guangzhou to participate in the "Golden Lion Award" National Second Puppet Shadow Play Competition and won the bronze medal in performance (comprehensive). Artists Liu Yongzhou and Liu Dingsan also won the modeling production award.