As the entertainment became more well known among ordinary people, the golden age of the shadow puppet play started, coinciding with the end of the Ming and beginning of the Ching Dynasty.
後來改用笛子，再加入三弦琴，由山西東部流傳到關外，成為滿洲人最喜歡的戲劇，當時八旗王府大多有私家劇箱，各戲班被尊稱為「宮影」。