Wang Fang

05-2412Shadow PuppetryTraditional OperaLangzhong, SichuanBatch 5 (2018)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1969 in Langzhong County, Sichuan Province. He began learning the techniques of shadow puppet performance and carving at the age of 16 and was performing independently by the age of 18. He and his elder brother Wang Biao carried on the family tradition while also blending the strengths of the Guang, Wei and Tu schools of shadow puppetry, creating what is known as northern Sichuan Wang family shadow puppetry. Together with the shadow puppeteer Wang Biao he collected and collated more than sixty sets of traditional scripts and created new works such as The Death of Zhang Fei and Immortals Roaming Langyuan, staging fifteen new plays. In 2006 he established a shadow puppetry transmission class, which became a demonstration and training base for the National Arts Fund-supported project Shadow Puppetry Craft and Creation.

Honors & Recognition

Representative bearer of Shadow Puppetry (Sichuan Shadow Puppetry), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He has been awarded the title of outstanding transmitter and the Award for Contribution to Transmission and Development by UNESCO and the International Puppet and Shadow Puppet Federation.

References & Archival Sources

Wang Fang · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Shadow Puppetry
Item code: Ⅳ-91
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Langzhong, Sichuan
Born: —
Batch: Batch 5 (2018)

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