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Huang, Chun-Hsiung (born on January 26th, 1933 in Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan is a “glove puppeteer”, narrator, and producer. He is the second son of the puppeteer Hai-Tai Huang.  Chun-Hsiung learned how to play glove puppets from his father at the age of fourteen.

Journey to become a glove puppeteer
Huang learned how to operate “glove puppet” starting from working behind the scene. Gradually, he learned the five major techniques: to “blow” (Suona ; a Chinese musical instrument like Treble horn), to beat (Gong and Drum), to play (Erhu, a Chinese string musical instrument like Violin), to operate (glove puppets), to write (screen), and to narrate. He is also a Lyricist and Composer. His works include a number of Theme music such as “A bitter fated Sea Goddess”, “A lady named Leng Shuang Zi”, “Acacia Lamp”, and “The Turning point of Fate”.

When Huang was 19, he established the third organization under “WuChou” Theater, which was later renamed as the “Authentic WuChou Glove Puppet Theatrical Group”. “The Knight in YunChou - Si, Yeng-Weng”, premiered on March 2nd, 1970, was the production during this era. In the drama, he enlarged the size of glove puppet, emphasized the eye gestures, and used modern folk songs to replace the traditional music composed of gongs and drums. This drama lasted 583 episodes and created record high Television ratings of 97% in 1970.

Family Business
Huang’s sons from previous marriage, Chiang-Hua Huang, Wen-Je Huang, and Wen Yao  Huang carried on the family business in late 1990s. Later on, Chiang-Hua and Wen-Je established their own glove puppet production company named “Pili Recording Company” (renamed as Pili International Multi-media Co.. Ltd in 2000). Huang, accompanied by Li-Gang Huang and Feng-Yi Huang - his son and daughter from his second marriage, continued to manage a new production company called “JinKwang Glove Puppet Production”. The main characters remained as Si, YengWeng and “The man hidden behind Mirror”.

Although his sons and daughters from two marriages have their separate glove puppets groups, they worked together to support the 18th Anniversary of Yunlin County Puppet Festival in 2020. The premier took place at HuWei Highspeed Railway station on October 2nd, 2020.