Research

History of Puppetry

some basics

Traditional Chinese Puppetry

Traditional Chinese Puppetry

Taiwan: In imitation of man: The traditional world of string puppets 

Taiwan: The show goes on  (2008)


Zhong Kui 鍾馗

some basics

香港電影粵語 鍾馗嫁妹 林正英 午馬 鄭浩南 邱月清

Zhong Kui by Li Bingbing – Movie Trailer

The White Bone Spirit 白骨精

some basics

entrance at 18:50min

entrance at 22:50

White Bone Spirit

BuDaiXi – Taiwanese Glove Puppetry


short introduction

A glossary of terms and more on the website of the Taiwanese Puppetry Company “Jin Kwei Lo”

Related Dances and Music


Farewell my Concubine

Metropolis

Deep Night

Cantonese Opera

Some basics

Inscription of Cantonese Operea on UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Hertiage of Humanity

Rising Stars program in Hong Kong

European Puppetry

Die Zauberflöte am Salzburger Marionettentheater

turn the puppets loose

Related Texts and books

Puppet – An Essay on Uncanny Life, Kenneth Gross

Über das Marionettentheater, Heinrich von Kleist

On the Marionette Theater Heinrich von Kleist

Olimpia in “Der Sandmann,” E.T.A. Hoffmann 

Alexander Kluge: Temple of the Scapegoat

Berthold Brecht und die chinesische Oper

Brecht and China: A Mutual Response

Mei Lanfang giving lessons

The Realm of Hell

Diyu 地獄)

18 Layers of Chinese Hell

Ghosts and Monsters

Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene

Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong

Rising Stars

Films

*The Puppetmaster*. 1993. Taiwan. Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien

The Puppetmaster 戲夢人生 by Hou Hsiao-hsien with With Li Tien-Lu

Chinese Puppet Theatre in 1927 Shanghai