Puppetry in Fujian Province in south-eastern China has developed a set of characteristic techniques ofperformance and crafting puppets, as well as a repertoire of plays and music.
We were kept amused with a carving ofa direwolf ice sculpture, as well as a concert performanceof music from the television series: Jason Yang, who received over four million YouTube views of his one-man, thirteen-violin version of the theme song, led a nine-piece orchestra, who performed admirably despite the cold and passing traffic.
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