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Tatsuen Junior High School (2004 CyberFair Project ID 3185)
Taiwan, Changhua
Official Status: Incomplete: under Development
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms

We estimate 10 student(s) from 13 to 14 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Chunghua is in the middle area of Taiwan. According to this kind of geographical condition, Chunghua has becomethe center of Taiwan hand puppets, drama, and the sculpture. Even until now, most of the famous theatrical groups of puppets in Taiwan are the branches from Chunghua. For the music, Chunghua is also the center of passionate music of style and music of south style. As for the sculpture, the sculptors in Chunghua also have impressive achievement.

Project Description: The traditional drama of puttets has constantly changed and improved for hundreds of years in Taiwan, and now it has become one of the most outstanding symbol of the the traditional art. The traditional drama of puppets has had its unique position in Taiwan traditional art, but this kind of traditional drama developed more completly in Chunghua. The most famous theatrical group of this kind of art in Chunghua is "Chang Yi Yuan Puppet Theater". This theatrical group was found when Taiwan was governed by Japanese government. The difference between Mainland China and Taiwan is the source. The traditional drama of puppets in Chunghua is the local art which was from the local musical school. However, the traditional art has to adjust itself when time goes by. Therefore, the "Chang Yi Yuan Puppet Theater" tries to recover the independence and integration of the puppet, and they hope to hand down the treasure of traditional art to posterity.

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