There are also dozens of water puppet villages in many localities of the Red River Delta.
Vietnamese water puppetry behind the scenes professional#
In 1992, Thang Long Puppet Theater restored 17 water puppets to revitalize water puppets nationwide including: Bật cờ Chú Tễu Múa rồng Em bé chăn trâu Cày cấy Cậu ếch Bắt vịt Đánh cá Vinh quy bái tổ Múa sư tử Múa phượng Lê Lợi hoàn gươm Nhi đồng vui chơi Đua thuyền Múa lân Múa tiên Tứ linh.Ĭurrently, there are 6 professional puppet art troupes in central Vietnam, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, Dak Lak, and Quang Tri province.
Water puppet shows are only found in Vietnam. In India and Southeast Asian countries, there is only the hand puppet rod puppet and string puppet.
Sung Thien Dien Linh stone stele (Choi Pagoda, Duy Tien, Nam Ha) Water puppet show in Vietnam today Currently, in front of Thay Pagoda (Sai Son, Quoc Oai, Ha Tay), on Long Tri Lake, there is an almost intact relic of a water puppet stage built in the Le Dynasty. It is Sung Thien Dien Linh stone stele (Choi Pagoda, Duy Tien, Nam Ha), recording the water puppet performance as an artistic ritual to celebrate the new age of the kings. There are documents that identify in 1121 as a landmark where water puppetry became a popular art. Under the Ly dynasty, this art form became sophisticated and from there until now. Water puppet show, a unique Vietnamese folk art, was conceived before the Ly dynasty in the Red River Delta. Images of puppets are often people, familiar animals of Vietnamese life such as farmers, anglers, fish, frogs, clones, turtles … History of the water puppet show Due to the water damage, the puppets could only use as many as 100 shows. Fig wood should be aged between 4 and 5 years to be suitable because if the wood is too young, it will easily rot. They have to study the script, sketch on paper a puppet image with enough nature, beauty and physique, costumes suitable for the character, then they will start of carving on wood. They are splendidly painted with lacquer so they will not discolor when exposed to water and impervious to water. The puppets do not exceed 50cm high and exquisitely carved. The puppets are made of wood, usually, fig wood, because the fig wood is light, floats on water. They stay in the water, hiding behind bamboo blinds, controlling puppets with a complex rod and wire system, requiring technical and sophisticated art.
Unlike other types of performance, water puppet artists do not appear on stage. On the water is a two-story temple building, the upper floor is used to worship and the lower floor is the backstage with blinds. The stage is the grass around, very convenient for people to enjoy the show. The stage of the water puppet is the ponds and lakes of the rural villages. Water puppetry is the art of performing with puppets on the water, magically combining the two elements: puppet and water. Water puppetry is a long-standing traditional culture with Vietnamese people, especially in the Northern Midlands and Plains.
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