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Xie Changchun
Late-Qing shadow-play master of Huanxian, Gansu, who with his generation reformed Huanxian daoqing shadow theatre into its mature form.
Mural of the cultural record “Shadow Puppet Theatre”, which this person is tied to.
Also known as Called the Master of Daoqing Shadow Play
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Xie Changchun was a late-Qing daoqing shadow-play performer of Huanxian in Gansu; his dates are unknown. Huanxian daoqing shadow play joins daoqing narrative singing to shadow puppetry and is popular in eastern Gansu. The national heritage listing credits the reforms of the 'daoqing shadow-play master' Xie Changchun and his generation with perfecting the form, and press reports say he improved the puppets themselves. The Huanxian writer Chen Xixiang modelled the hero of his novel Yingshen on him. Huanxian daoqing shadow play is now on the national intangible heritage list.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in the late Qing