Zhangzhou Hand Puppet Show is a comprehensive traditional folk art composed of puppet show, hand puppet show and puppet head carving. Its long history has spread to Southeast Asian countries as early as the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty.
Entering the Zhangzhou Puppet Theater in Fujian, as the gongs and drums sounded, behind the stage, the actors’ palms were put into the puppets, and their flexibly rotating fingers performed singing, reading, doing, and beating, and even joy, anger, sorrow, and music. , The brilliant performance is breathtaking.
In 2006, the Zhangzhou puppet show and Zhangzhou puppet head carving were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural protection lists.
(Reporter Li Siyuan)
Editor in charge: [Bian Liqun]