Quanzhou puppets are elaborate folk handicrafts produced in Quanzhou, in Fujian province that date back to the Tang Dynasty (618-906). By the Song Dynasty (960-1279) the tradition was wide-spread.
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
4:00PM – 5:00PM
Studio Theatre
York Quay Centre, 235 Queens Quay West
Sunday, July 13, 2014
12:00PM – 1:00PM
235 Queens Quay West
Quanzhou, the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, is famous for its puppet tradition of more than one thousand years. Quanzhou’s marionette repertoire consists of more than 700 traditional plays and some 300 “puppet tunes” played with ancient instruments such as the “foot-pressed drum.” Founded in 1952 as the main inheritor of the city’s marionette tradition, the Quanzhou Puppet Troupe has revived and created a great number of works and toured nearly 50 countries and regions in the world. The New York Times called the group’s 2009 Carnegie Hall performance “exhilarating.”
Chen Luanzhi 陈銮治,string puppeteer
Chen Zhijie 陈志杰, musician, chief drum, traditional Chinese percussion instrument
Dai Xun 戴勋,string puppeteer
Fu Duanfeng 傅端凤,string puppeteer
Huang Dasheng 黄达生, musician, traditional Chinese percussion instrument , guitar, er’hu(string instrument)
Huang Wenjun 黄文君, string puppeteer
Huang Zhenlong黄贞龙, musician, aizai (string instrument), er’hu
Li Xiaohui李小惠,string puppeteer
Lin Jianyu林建裕,string puppeteer, percussion instrument
Shen Suge沈苏革,string puppeteer
Wang Jinxian王景贤, Director, presenter
Wu Jilian吴季莲, musician, pipa (Chinese lute)
Wu Weihong吴伟宏,string puppeteer
Xu Shaowei许少伟,string puppeteer
Xu Ziming许子铭, musician, flute
Zeng Kaiyu曾凯瑜, musician, sheng (pipe wind instrument)
Zhang Gong张弓, string puppeteer
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泉州提线木偶戏传统剧目中保存着大量古代闽南语系地区的民间信仰及婚丧喜庆等习俗内容。保存着大量“古河洛语”与闽南方言的语法、语汇及古读音。保存着许多宋元南戏剧目、音乐、表演形态等方面的珍贵资料，具有多学科研究价值。千年来，泉州提线木偶戏不但与闽南语系地区民众生、老、病、死等人生礼俗相伴共生，而且从明代开始，即向台湾省和东南亚一带华人华侨聚居地流播。