摘 要: | Leather silhouette was rst introduced to the court as a toy during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC – 24 AD). According to the History of the Han Dynasty, Lady Li, Emperor Wudi’s favorite concubine, was a beautiful dancer but died of illness when she was very young. The emperor felt so sorrowful that he missed her day and night. A Taoist claimed that he could call back the spirit of Lady Li. In fact, he played leather images of the concubine behind a screen and the emperor watched it o…
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