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“Winds of Zhejiang” was a collective name of programs of Zhejiang Week at World Expo Shanghai 2010. The Zhejiang Week kicked off at nine o’clock on the morning of June 18, 2010. Zhao Hongzhu, the chief of CPC Zhejiang Committee and chairman of Zhejiang People’s Congress, beat a gong to mark the opening of the Zhejiang Week.
The week-long promotion was composed of various provincial stunts such as representative masterpieces of 18 regional folk arts and crafts. Folk artists on the spot demonstrated their eye-opening arts. The week-long gala also staged a parade along Expo Avenue. The most eye-catching show in the parade procession was “Pujiang Table Show”, staged by artists from Pujiang, a county in central Zhejiang.
One special table show staged 13 young girls and boys at the ages of 3 to 7. They were dressed in traditional costumes as well known figures in China’s ancient legends and dramas. The table was like a small stage on which these young performers showed off. Some among the spectators thought, at first glance, the lovely figures were puppets. They were surprised after taking a closer look.
The tradition of the table show in Pujiang County goes back to more than 1,000 years. Its origin is associated with Hu the Great, a government official deified by local residents for his bringing benefits to local people. As the folk story goes, Hu Ze, a native of Zhejiang and official with the central government, submitted a request for waiving taxes in the south of Yangtze River Delta as natural disasters caused famines in this part of the nation. As if by magic, the official managed to have the taxation list for Zhejiang Province destroyed so that no tax would be levied in Zhejiang. Fearing that the emperor would certainly like to have him killed, Hu fled back to Zhejiang. He made four stops at four places in Pujiang and one place in neighboring Yongkang before he vanished into history and reappeared in folk legends. Hu Ze became Hu the Great in folk stories. The table show in Pujiang is part of the annual memorial activities in the honor of this deified mortal on his birthday, which falls on the 13th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar.
The table show in Pujiang is divided into real people show and paper-people show. A real people show has children dressed up as famous figures from well known dramas and folk stories. A table with children actors and props usually weighs more than 50 kilograms and very strong men are needed to carry the table. Such a show usually conveys a sense of humor and audiences often burst into laughter. A paper-people show carries paper-made bamboo-skeleton figures. A manipulator usually hides beneath a table to manipulate a show secretly. The most popular paper show is “Unicorns Spewing Fires” under the command of a child.
One table show at the World Expo is officially called “Peach Party” and it is choreographed by Zhang Genzhi, a villager and farmer from Shouxi Village located in the western mountain area of Pujiang County. A village artist, Zhang loved art and music as a child and grew up to be a high-profile artist on the village stage and cultural activities. In the autumn of 1996, he was choreographing a group of village actors for a show of human pyramid, he hit upon the idea of transforming the human pyramid upon a table show.
The week-long promotion was composed of various provincial stunts such as representative masterpieces of 18 regional folk arts and crafts. Folk artists on the spot demonstrated their eye-opening arts. The week-long gala also staged a parade along Expo Avenue. The most eye-catching show in the parade procession was “Pujiang Table Show”, staged by artists from Pujiang, a county in central Zhejiang.
One special table show staged 13 young girls and boys at the ages of 3 to 7. They were dressed in traditional costumes as well known figures in China’s ancient legends and dramas. The table was like a small stage on which these young performers showed off. Some among the spectators thought, at first glance, the lovely figures were puppets. They were surprised after taking a closer look.
The tradition of the table show in Pujiang County goes back to more than 1,000 years. Its origin is associated with Hu the Great, a government official deified by local residents for his bringing benefits to local people. As the folk story goes, Hu Ze, a native of Zhejiang and official with the central government, submitted a request for waiving taxes in the south of Yangtze River Delta as natural disasters caused famines in this part of the nation. As if by magic, the official managed to have the taxation list for Zhejiang Province destroyed so that no tax would be levied in Zhejiang. Fearing that the emperor would certainly like to have him killed, Hu fled back to Zhejiang. He made four stops at four places in Pujiang and one place in neighboring Yongkang before he vanished into history and reappeared in folk legends. Hu Ze became Hu the Great in folk stories. The table show in Pujiang is part of the annual memorial activities in the honor of this deified mortal on his birthday, which falls on the 13th day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar.
The table show in Pujiang is divided into real people show and paper-people show. A real people show has children dressed up as famous figures from well known dramas and folk stories. A table with children actors and props usually weighs more than 50 kilograms and very strong men are needed to carry the table. Such a show usually conveys a sense of humor and audiences often burst into laughter. A paper-people show carries paper-made bamboo-skeleton figures. A manipulator usually hides beneath a table to manipulate a show secretly. The most popular paper show is “Unicorns Spewing Fires” under the command of a child.
One table show at the World Expo is officially called “Peach Party” and it is choreographed by Zhang Genzhi, a villager and farmer from Shouxi Village located in the western mountain area of Pujiang County. A village artist, Zhang loved art and music as a child and grew up to be a high-profile artist on the village stage and cultural activities. In the autumn of 1996, he was choreographing a group of village actors for a show of human pyramid, he hit upon the idea of transforming the human pyramid upon a table show.