Be in awe with the skilled artistry of Quanzhou Marionette Art Inheritance and Protection Center as they present a traditional string puppetry performance.
About Quanzhou Marionette Art Inheritance and Protection Center
Quanzhou Marionette Art, otherwise called “Xuan Si Kui Lei” in ancient times, originated in the Qin and Han dynasties. According to the record, it became popular in Quanzhou area in the late Tang dynasty and Five Dynasties period.
Quanzhou Marionette Art Inheritance and Protection Center is a collective-owned unit that inherits and transmits Quanzhou Marionette Show, a National Intangible Cultural Heritage of China. Quanzhou Marionette Troupe maintains more than 700 traditional puppet shows and a unique type of opera music named Puppet Tunes consisting of more than 300 tunes. It has also formulated a series of splendid marionette string-pulling skills, as well as unique techniques for puppet head carving, puppet sculpting and puppet image sculpting. The marionette show is a valuable model and undoubted representative among all the forms of puppet show in China and was enlisted into the Excellent Practice Brochure of Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage issued by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation in 2012.
Performed in Mandarin.
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Age
6+
Price
Free
Telephone number
+65 6828 8377
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