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My Ancestors' Stories
- Artistic
- Playwright：Yu, Hui-fen、Wang, Wen-de
- Director：Wang, Rong-yu
- Performers
- Actor：Liu, Shou-yao、、Shi, Dong-lin、Li, Yun-zhong、、、、、、、
- Scenic & Set Designer：Tsang, Man-tung
- Lighting Designer：Li, Wan-ling
- Music Designer：Yu, Huan-fu、Jang, Jay
- Costume Designer：Lai, Xuan-wu
- Technical
- Technical Director：
- Property Master：Lai, Xuan-wu、
- Administration
- Stage Manager
Title
mainTitle:
My Ancestors’ Stories
subTitle:
TranslatedTitle:
山海經
Subject
subjectMatter:
modern drama
genre:
performance record
keywords:
Modern Drama／Wang, Rong-yu
Description
abstractSynopsis:
Adapted from the Chinese mythology Shan Hai Jing, the play, through the conversations between a little boy and a traveler, explores the stories of four characters, Houyi (a god of archery), Nuwa (a goddess of sky-patching), Hsing Tien (a giant punished by heaven) and Kuafu (a giant chasing sun). Staged in the outdoor historical site of Huwei Fort Battery, this performance incorporates ritual singing and dancing to present human imagination of the origin of the universe. It also intertextually relates the traditional mythology to Taiwanese history and legends. For example, Nuwa and Jingwei (a legendary bird who fills up the sea) are related to Mazu；Kuafu (the legendary giant who chases the sun) is related to the ancestors who cross the Taiwan Strait. Around the circle stage are three flights of stairs, with the wall of the fort, the square of ruins and the shade of original trees as parts of stage design. The circle stage at the center resembles Taichi: the left means "eight trigrams" and the right symbolizes "five elements." A slope connects "the man's world" on the stage to "the celestial gate" on the top of the fort.
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good
acquireMethod:
Golden Bough Theatre
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restorationRecord:
notes:
language:
Taiwanese
edition2:
2008.4.17
publisher:
Golden Bough Theatre
distributor:
Golden Bough Theatre
production:
Golden Bough Theatre
Date
year:
2008
date of performance:
2008.4.17
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Location
place of performance:
Hu Wei Shore Battery, Danshui
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Hu Wei Shore Battery, Danshui
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Rights
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Golden Bough Theatre
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Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan
rightsStatement:
authorized
accessRestriction:
noncommercial; for educational and researching purposes
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Authorized
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Owner
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Golden Bough Theatre
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Golden Bough Theatre
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2008.4.17
digitalCopyOwner
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Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan, ETI-TW
digiCopyCollocations:
Research Center for Theatre and Performance Studies, National Central University
digiCopyCollectedDate:
2009.3.16
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Research Center for Theatre and Performance Studies, National Central University
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2009.3.16
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Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan
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2009.3.16
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original
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modern dram
Format
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CD-ROM Disc
Digital Video Disc
extent
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one
duration:
102min26sec
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DVD
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audio-visual
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My Ancestors' Stories
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permanent preserved
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3379MB
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720*480
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30fps
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5.32Mbps
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48 KHz
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192kbps
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