皮影戏不止是在中国有名，现在在世界各地都有皮影戏的表演，越来越多的人开始了解和接触皮影戏，不同国家的演员开始演绎皮影戏的精彩，所以也就有关于皮影戏的不同语言的介绍，下面是小编整理的中国戏曲文化之皮影戏的英文介绍，一起欣赏吧。

　　The shadow puppet play, also called “shadow play”， is a drama form in which the player holds the human figures that are engraved by the animal hides with colored paintings, and reflected on the curtain through the light, singing and dancing controlled by the player with the silk string, gongs and drums music, playing a series of stories. It is widely spread in most regions in China, except Tibet and Xinjiang, with different styles of shadow puppet play in different places. However, the characters shaping and performance skills are all quite exquisite, with play themes including the Chinese ancient magic, myths, religions, monarchs, legal cases, wars, as well as talented scholars and pretty ladies, the secular life and etc.

　　The shadow puppet play with written records dated back to the Song Dynasty, and Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty had had the performance of shadow play yet. At that time, the shadow plays were divided into the shadow hand play, the shadow puppet play （including the shadow paper play）， and the large shadow play. Many grand occasions of the performances had been recorded by the Song people. While in Yuan Dynasty, owning to the westward conquest by the Mongolia troops, the Chinese shadow plays were introduced into the Middle East, Arab, Turkey, Egypt, and other countries, and later brought to some East European countries. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, the contents and forms of the shadow plays had some new developments, thereby forming the various genres with local colors.

　　The principle and methods of shadow performance adopted by the shadow puppet played an important leading role in the invention of the modern movie and the development of the movies and cartoons. Nowadays, the Chinese shadow puppet plays have been collected by the museums of many countries in the world; meanwhile they are the best presents sent by the Chinese governmental leaders for their foreign counterparts.

　　小结：不管是什么样的语言描述的皮影戏，都是中国戏曲文化中重要的一门艺术，有这些语言描述出来的皮影戏可以让更多的外国人可以认识和了解皮影戏。