A shadow puppet of a male (sheng or lead male type, Emperor character) (parts a-b) with a profile face in outline. Wearing clothing that is decorated in red, yellow, blue, and black with an animal face on the chest, and at the hips, and dragons at the top of the legs, and at the wrists, and floral print on the shoulders, and on the bottom of the legs. Wire is coiled around the neck. There is an elaborate red and black headdress (part c) of a tailed animal with a fireball-like appendage. Handles are made of bamboo grass. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

A shadow puppet of a male (fujing or high ranking military official character) (parts a-b) with a red-painted face, and a down-turned mouth. Wearing clothing that is decorated in red, yellow, green, and black floral print with faces on the shoulders, waist, and hip. Wire is coiled around the neck. There is an elaborate red and black headdress (part c) that has a face in profile at the front, and two circular appendages at the front, and one fan-like appendage at the back. Holding a scalloped knife (part d). Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

A shadow puppet of a female (parts a-b) with a her black hair up in a bun and decorated with red flowers with leaves. Wearing clothing that is decorated in dark floral print on a red background. Wire is coiled around the neck. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

A shadow puppet of a male (parts a-b) with a profile face in outline. Wearing clothing that is decorated in red, orange, blue, and black creatures on a rank badge in the front, and floral print on a red background. Wire is coiled around the neck. There is an elaborate red and black headdress (part c) consisting of a sitting cat with three appendages. Handles are made of bamboo grass. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

A shadow puppet of a male (laosheng, retired general or war hero character) (parts a-b) with a black-painted face, and a large nose. Wearing clothing that is decorated in red, yellow, blue, and black dragons, and floral print on a natural-coloured background. Wire is coiled around the neck. There is an elaborate red and black headdress (part c). Handles are made of bamboo grass. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

A shadow puppet fragment of a headdress. Helmet style of natural colour with red, green, and black detailing. There is one elongated black appendage.

A shadow puppet fragment of a female head, outlining the face in profile, with red and black detailing. The forehead has a horizontal black band. The eye is outlined in black extending to the back of the head with a horizontal black line. The nose curls inward to create a nostril. The mouth is outlined with red. The white hair has a black bun at the back of the head. Behind the ears, there is a black section. The neck is split with a groove in the middle.

Long multicoloured vest with appliqué roundels. The vest has a centre opening with frog closures. The sides are open, held together by three turquoise bands. The collar border has peony and butterfly motifs in blue and green on a mauve ground. On the front and back is a diamond pattern in turquoise, blue and ecru. In the centre is a large roundel with a yin-yang symbol in silver and gold. The four surrounding roundels have with different variations of silver bars on a black ground. The border around the edges has a prunus motif in pink, purple and blue on an orange ground edged with pink. There are tin reflectors, green glass eyes and white fur. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Part a is a long tassel with sections of black and white leather strips bound at the top and base of the tassel's handle. In the centre of the handle, there are sections of yellow, black, and red fibre wrapped around a grass(?) underlay. Long fringe covers an additional leather tubular piece with additional fringe. Part b is a belt bent in the shape of a circle and is secured at two overlapping ends by leather bands. Opposite side has two overlapping sections of black and white leather strips woven together.

Pair of dark green velvet slip-on shoes with light green silk insoles and heels. The upper of both shoes is ornamented with an abstract and leaf design in metal beadwork, metal sequins, and red glass beads.