01353nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001300043245007300056856014600129300001000275490000700285520089500292022002001187                                       d1 aTang Rui00aThe Heritage of Wang Piying Troupe: Shadow Puppetry in North Sichuan  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85045762828&doi=10.1353%2fatj.2018.0012&partnerID=40&md5=3a8bf8edeaf9ea350afb381dff671933  a53-690 v353 aWang Piying (Wang Shadow Puppet Troupe) has a long history. It manifests both the essence of Shaanxi shadow play and traditional old style North Sichuan shadow puppetry which uses chuanju (Sichuan opera) character types, staging, and music. The troupe maintains this Chinese intangible cultural heritage genre with exquisite puppets and rich narratives. Through the efforts of several generations of artists, this family company has achieved a balance between art and commerce, becoming known domestically and internationally.Tang Rui is a lecturer at the Art College of China West Normal University and focuses on Chinese folk arts and shadow puppetry. She was a visiting scholar at Ithaca College (2014-2015) and is author of Research on Asian Shadow Play Arts and Genres (2016). This article was supported by the Young Lecturer s Funding Project of China West Normal University (17D030).  a07425457 (ISSN)