Modern Situation of Traditional Leather Silhouette
传统皮影的现状
The rapid development of modern economy in urban and rural areas, coupled with the growing influence of television and film culture,traditional leather silhouette is almost precipitating into distinction nationwide except in a few regions in eastern Gansu and Liaoning Province. Now only some 200 leather silhouette troupes are still around , down from over 1000 nationwide in the 1980s.
随着现代经济在城市和农村地区的快速发展，加上电视和电影文化的影响力越来越大，传统的皮影几乎在全国享有声誉，除了在甘肃东部和辽宁省的少数地区。现在只有约200个皮剪影团体仍然在周围出影，在20世纪80年代全国上下超过1000。