The Puppet
The excellent skills make the puppet become fantastic and attractive. Be made of transparent leather, this lively character firstly is carved by the artist, then with bright colors, the character will show his or her charms through the lantern light. Usually, patterns used to dye the female puppet are flower, grass, cloud and phoenix. And the male puppet can use tiger, water and cloud patterns.

Besides the workmanship, the control skill and the singing art also make this play successful. Which movement should the character perform, how to make the puppet perform and how to make audiences feel the character’s emotion, all of these ask the artist to master a comprehensive ability.

The minister copied the concubine's picture onto a piece of leather and after coloring and cutting a lifelike silhouette was made. After these preparations, he invited Emperor Wu to sit far away from the screen. In this performance, Emperor Wu saw his concubine's silhouette came up slowly and gracefully, knelt down respectfully and remained there. This made Emperor Wu excited. And it was taken as the origin of shadow play.

With the pace of the times, shadow play gradually developed and became quite popular during the Song Dynasty. In Ming Dynasty, this art had become mature and formed 40 to 50 shadow show troupes in the city of Beijing alone. For its unique characters in the art field, shadow play was improved. Today, puppets made of leather and moved on sticks are used to tell dramatic versions of traditional fairy tales and myths.

History
The origin of this play is a beautiful love story of an emperor.
In Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu lost his beloved beautiful wife and missed her seriously. He disclosed his depressed mood and showed a negative emotion to the affairs of country.

One day, a minister saw a puppet’s reflection in the water when he went on the street. And the puppet was seen to be alive when a child moved the hand. It inspired him to create a similar scene to heal the Emperor Wu’s negative mood.

Introduction
Shadow play is taken as an earliest ancestor of modern cinema; the unique artistic value makes it be reserved from the ancient time.

Performers control characters while singing the libretto to tell the story behind the screen. The character, or we can say silhouette, is made of hard paper, buffalo and donkey hide. The silhouette is projected on a white screen as the actor or actress in this play.

Many artistic factors are included in this play. Light, screen, music, singing and puppetry form this interesting art. The harmonious appliance among these factors wins people’s high praise, and gets a name as “a magic, lighting-like art”.

Day off
It’s actually a disco bar, you can even hear and see a bunch of people singing & dancing from the street. The bar is designed & decorated somehow like Western custom in the US. U-shaped bar table and brown chair make the bar easy but feels good. It attracts many foreign visitors and young people e
Address: No.64, Sanlitun Bar street, Chaoyang district
Business hours: 2:00pm–2:00am
Average cost: RMB300

Downtown Café & Bar
The entrance is decorated in both red & yellow, not fancy just mellow. Tables & chairs are all in blue. Golden stage, pretty singer …… You might want to stay a long time. Using bold colors to make a statement, the entrance is decorated in red and yellow and the tables and chairs are blue. This bright yet relaxing venue serves as a cafe by day and bar by night. A very mellow and welcoming place, some of the best food on the street. Catch a live belly dancing performance at 9pm.
Address: No.26, Sanlitun North street,Chaoyang district
Business hours: 10:00am –2:00am
Live Band: everyday

Jazz-Ya
Boy and Girl Bar is famous for its live concert. The daily ban performance is attractive for all the guests who love music. Another factor is that some famous Chinese singers had been this pub singer before they became successful.
Add: No.68, Sanlitun North Street, Chaoyang District

The Tree
The Tree Bar gets its name because there are trees in the bar. The boss is a Belgian. The brand drinks here are the traditional Belgian beer and the traditional Italian pizza. It is a heave for foreigners.
Add: Houjie, Sanlitun North Street. Chaoyang District

Wing Bar
It is the combination of the West and East, affectionateness and simpleheart, shindy and silence. Inside the bar is the exotic sentiment and outside is the evening scene of Beijing City.
Add: Erxiao East Street, Sanlitun North Street, Chaoyang District

Coattail-butterfly Thailand Restaurant Bar
It offers multi-kinds of service in period of time. In the daytime it not only provides the genuine Thailand Cuisine but also provides Coffee. At evening, it the visage of a Bar.
Add: No.58, Sanlitun South Road, Chaoyang District

Azucar
It is an estaminet with the Spain Style.
Add: No.4, Dongdaqiao Xiejie, Choayang District

Boy and GirlIt is a easy-busy social gathering. It is a roomy acting-ground. The famous Party DJ, Musicians, Arts, Persi, Playactors, Businessmen, Overseas Chinese…… assemble in the Bar, smiling, observing, perfoming……
Add: No.4, Worker’s Arena North Road

Comma
“Comma” means “the pause of one sentence”. As the name of the Bar, It symbolizes the resting place of the busy life. Hope you can gain the different floweriness and brilliant everyday.
Add: No.54, Sanlitun North Street, Chaoyang District

The Loft

Its charm is on the basis of the dainty music and the polychrome bite and sup. You can taste the cocktail in front of the bar counter or absorb yourself into the Jazz while dining. It is so cozy just like a good friend.
Add: No.18, Sanlitun North Road, Chaoyang Distric

Cross club
The style of sutra, fad and the tradition makes Cross Club a sequester and nostalgic place. It gives prionity to Jazz, accompany with Sax and the English Performance.
Add: No.78, Sanlitun South Road, Chaoyang District

Information about the bars in Sanlitun Bars Street
NO.52
It is called No.52 is because of its location on is s No 52 along this street. Moreover, there are 52 kinds of cocktails from around the world. The whole year is divided into 52 weeks, so customers can taste a different cocktail every week for a whole year. Here the brilliant spot-bands will perform the most advance music. You will release yourself when you keep the time with DJ, Hip Hop, R& B, Techno……
Address: No.52, Sanlitun Street, Chaoyang District
Business hours: 10:00am-2:00am
Live Band: 8:30pm-1:00pm