Twin Lotus Flowers on One Stalk: On the Art of Puppetry in Hunan Province

Twin Lotus Flowers on One Stalk: On the Art of Puppetry in Hunan Province

  • Overview
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 2, 1958

Runtime

0h 49m

Genres

Animation

Original Title

并蒂莲

Production Companies

Shanghai Animation Film Studio

Director

Bingduo Xu

Description

Documentary introducing the origin, development and current situation of puppet and shadow puppet show, and analyzes the artistic characteristics of puppet show in portraying characters through performances such as "Arhat Playing Lion" and "Handling a Horse". Through the performances of "Monkey Brother" and "Turtle and Crane", the proficient skills of shadow puppetry in character portrayal are introduced