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SHU-TE Home Economis & Commerical High School (2015 CyberFair Project ID 7891)
Taiwan,
Kaohsiung
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 6. Historical Landmarks
We estimate 8 student(s) from 16 to 18 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: Glove puppetry is one of the most vivid recollections of many Taiwanese’s childhoods. Glove puppetry, performed in the square of temple, in the countryside, on TV, even in theater and in broadcast program, is an important experience to our growths! During a long period of time from importation to innovation, “Taiwan glove puppetry” has been performed from countryside stage to national theater, international arena and finally it has become “national imagery.” During the period of information collecting from knowing nothing to realizing gradually, we cultivated interest in glove puppetry step by step. Now please follow in our steps to travel together in the world of glove puppetry.
Project Description: The glove puppetry, this traditional art, made a unique value of time. Since now, it has still attracted the new generation of young people to watch, and at last it was a miracle of Chinese traditional operas. Since the Ching Dynasty, the glove puppetry has become common. Now it has its own brand no matter in the puppets, songs and stages and puppeteers of talent come out in succession. This turned the traditional street art into the popular entertainment which suited both refined and popular tastes and for young and old alike. In the mid - 19 th century, the glove puppetry was flourishing. In this period of time, many puppeteers from Fujian or apprentices from Taiwan returned back to Taiwan and transplanted this art in the palm to this island. And the glove puppetry became popular in all walks of life. To this day, it becomes the most popular puppetry in China. Since then, the glove puppetry has been more developed and its performance styles have been more abundant, too. Through this research, we hope more and more people realize how this Taiwan local culture- the glove puppetry innovated, and let people around the world knows it.