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Puppetry · ST10107

Nuo Ritual Drama

Masked plays staged within ritual, honouring gods, driving out evil and telling everyday stories.

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Play · Qing dynasty (Nuo drama took shape in western Hunan in the Kangxi reign)

Meng JiangnüThe climax of the Nuo vow-fulfilment rite, in which Jiangnü and Fan Lang are honoured as the spirits who close the vowNuo ritual performers of HunanSE10069