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Chung Jen-pi (鍾任壁 pinyin: Zhong Renbi; 1932 – 5 September 2021) was a well-known
potehi Glove puppetry () is a type of opera using cloth puppets that originated during the 17th century in Quanzhou or Zhangzhou of China's Fujian province, and historically practised in the Min Nan-speaking areas such as Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, the Chaosh ...
puppeteer from
Xiluo Xiluo Township or Siluo Township () is an urban township in Yunlin County, Taiwan. History The place was originally called ''Sailei'' by the native Babuza people, which later become ''Xiluo'' by translating from Hokkien to Mandarin. It is als ...
, the fifth-generation head of Hsin Shing Kuo Puppet Show Troupe 新興閣掌中劇團, which was founded in the late nineteenth century. The son of famous puppeteer Chung Jen-hsiang 鍾任祥, he taught and performed for decades.


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1932 births 2021 deaths Glove puppetry Taiwanese culture Taiwanese puppeteers {{Taiwan-bio-stub