Digital Object Record

GloPAD ID 72
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Performance Date Unknown
Section of the Performance Dance
Performance People Yang Mansheng (Actor) (Earth) Li Dacheng (Actor) (Heaven)
Production Nuo Art Theater of Chizhou, Kaitian Pidi
Piece Kaitian Pidi
Performance Language Japanese
Performance Place China
Performance Notes Piece is based on (but not identical to) the "Wusan qian" dance renderings of the Creation Myth; GloPAD includes images of these dances from both the Jin and Cao villages in Gaoxi region. Li Dacheng (Heaven) appears on the left-hand side of the photograph, holding an umbrella; Yang Man-sheng (Earth) appears on the right-hand side, holding a coin. See other records of the same play performed in the villages.