Chen Yansen
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1960 he entered the puppet section of the Longxi Prefectural Opera School to study performance, training under the two puppet masters Yang Sheng and Chen Nantian and specialising in the wusheng (martial male) role.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
His movements are disciplined and controlled, and in difficult passages his attack and defence are well ordered, fierce and powerful. His performance both preserves the traditional wusheng routines of glove puppetry and leaves room for improvisation, enriching the variations of the role type and transmitting the wusheng craft of the Fuchun school of Zhangzhou glove puppetry.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Han ethnicity, born in January 1946, died in December 2016, a native of Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. National representative bearer of Puppetry (Zhangzhou Glove Puppetry), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He received the Performance Award of the Golden Lion at the Second National Puppet and Shadow Puppet Theatre Competition and the Crystal Cup for Best Animation at the Eighth International Puppet Art Festival in Prague, Czech Republic. Beyond performing, he transmits and safeguards the culture of Zhangzhou glove puppetry by taking disciples and by personally coaching young performers.
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