Entertaining and educational: Cultural theatre workshops promote glove puppetry

Taiwanese glove puppetry (budaixi) is a form of traditional Chinese opera. Artist Yeh Chang-ching (葉長菁), who formerly lived in France, firmly believes that budaixi has an important role to play in the world of puppetry. To promote this ancient culture of Taiwanese glove puppetry, Yeh holds cultural theatre workshops at regular times each week.

Budaixi, or hand puppetry, is representative of the traditional folk arts and contains many traditional skills, including puppet carving and puppetry hand techniques, which are not easily accessible in daily life. However, through these new workshops, people are now able to learn about these traditional folk skills. Aside from the puppet shows, which are a feast for the eyes of kids and adults alike, practical hands-on workshops are facilitating a more in-depth feel for the beauty of such traditional arts.

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布袋戲是傳統的戲曲文化，旅法的藝術家葉長菁認為布袋戲和國外的偶劇相比，完全不遜色，因此成立文劇坊致力於推廣，讓更多人認識布袋戲的文化。葉長菁所創辦的文劇坊每周都會有固定時間開放，讓民眾參觀體驗布袋戲文化。

布袋戲又稱掌中戲，是具代表性的傳統民俗藝術，且布袋戲蘊藏許多傳統技巧，包括雕刻木偶或是操偶手法等，這些都是日常生活中不容易接觸到的。但透過活動，民眾就可以更加了解傳統的民俗藝術。布袋戲的演出不僅吸引大朋友、小朋友的目光，透過參觀體驗的方式，將布袋戲推廣出去，也讓更多人欣賞到傳統藝術之美。

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