Sun Deshen

02-0670Shadow PuppetryTraditional OperaWafangdian, LiaoningBatch 2 (2008)

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

Male, Han ethnic group, born in 1950 in Wafangdian, Liaoning. From 1953 to 1962 Sun Deshen studied Fuzhou shadow puppet performance under his grandfather Sun Xiyuan and his father Sun Yong'an, learning puppet manipulation, carving and singing. After his father's death he took over as head of the Desheng Troupe; over the decades, while continuing to perform, he has also trained a group of rising talents including Sun Fuzhu and Sun Hongbo.

Honors & Recognition

A representative bearer of Shadow Puppetry (Fuzhou shadow puppetry), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. His representative works include Tang Ying Lie (The Tang Heroes), and he won the silver award at the fifth Liaoning Provincial Shadow Puppet Festival.

References & Archival Sources

Sun Deshen · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Shadow Puppetry
Item code: Ⅳ-91
Category: Traditional Opera
Region: Wafangdian, Liaoning
Born: 1950.02.01
Batch: Batch 2 (2008)

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