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Huang Haidai
Taiwanese glove-puppet master and founder of the Wuzhouyuan troupe, whose sons Huang Junqing and Huang Junxiong carried his school into the television age.
Mural of the cultural record “Glove Puppet Theatre (Budaixi)”, which this person is tied to.
Also known as Called the Lord of Heaven-Reaching
- Roles
- Stage Performers
Huang Haidai, whose family came from Quanzhou in Fujian, was born in Xiluo, Taiwan, in 1901. Schooled in classical Chinese from the age of eleven, he joined his father Huang Ma's Jinchunyuan glove-puppet troupe in 1915, renamed it Wuzhouyuan in 1930 and led it for decades; Zhongyong xiaoyi zhuan is among his signature plays. His sons Huang Junqing and Huang Junxiong carried on the troupe, and in 1970 Huang Junxiong brought Yunzhou daruxia to television. He was named a master artist of folk arts and received a lifetime achievement heritage award and the National Award for Arts. He died in Huwei, Yunlin, in 2007.
Life and times
Dates 1901 CE–2007 CE