Chen Peisen
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Male, Han ethnicity, born in 1968 in Chao'an, Guangdong. National representative bearer of Puppetry (Chaozhou iron-rod puppetry), a second-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a master of arts and crafts of Chaozhou. Influenced by his family from childhood and trained by his father, Chen Peisen began making and performing iron-rod puppets. He is now a council member of the Chao'an County Dramatists Association and the principal performer and designer-maker of his puppet troupe. His performance technique is superb and his style archaic and simple; he has won acclaim from broad audiences and from leading officials at various levels, and has performed at international puppet festivals in Germany and Austria. His representative works include Celebration and Duan Hongyu.
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