Guizhou Province 贵州省
In March and April 2014, Festival staff, China program team members, and photographer Josh Eli Cogan visited Guizhou Province to meet with Miao and Dong artists in two villages.
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Jing Li, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Jing Li, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Jing Li, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Jing Li, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Jing Li, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Jing Li, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Atesh Sonneborn, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Quanzhou 泉州
In April 2014, ethnomusicologist and program advisor Nora Yeh met with the Quanzhou Puppet Troupe in Fujian Province to help prepare them for their participation at the Festival.
Front entrance of the Quanzhou String Puppet Theater.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Altar for the Quanzhou String Puppet Theater patron saint, Marshal Tian Du, who managed royal musicians during the Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A Quanzhou String Puppet Theater museum display of percussion instruments used in company performances.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A variety of puppets used in the classroom.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A rack of animal puppets used for practice purposes.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A rack of puppets in period clothing used for training students.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Nora Yeh interviews Shen Suge, who joined the puppet theater at age seventeen and performs the shen role of leading man and in supporting roles as needed.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Nora Yeh intervies Wu Jiliang, an instrumentalist who plays the pipa, a four-stringed lute.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A complex of buildings in the ancient city of Quanzhou that are preserved through policy that protects intangible cultural heritage.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A beginning student practices the manipulation of strings in the Quanzhou String Puppet Theater studio.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Lin Jianyu, assistant director of the Quanzhou String Puppet Theater, holds a rod puppet.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A string puppet for the important role called wu which literally means “military general.” Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Fu Duanfeng, who typically plays the role of dan or lead female, holds a puppet lion. She is a senior member and an instructor at the Quanzhou String Puppet Theater.
Photo by Nora Yeh, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Yanchuan, Shaanxi Province 陕西省延川县
In February 2014, the China program team, photographer Josh Eli Cogan, and Festival Marketplace advisor Halle Butvin met with Gao Fenglian, her daughter Liu Jieqiong, and their extended family at their home in the hills of Yanchuan, Shaanxi Province. Gao, a paper cutter and embroiderer, is recognized as a national-level “representative bearer” of intangible cultural heritage.
Along the road in Yanchuan to Gao Fenglian’s home.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
View from the driveway down to Gao Fenglian’s home.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Above the entryway into the courtyard of Gao Fenglian’s home is the announcement: “Gao Fenglian Art Museum.” Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Inside the courtyard of Gao Fenglian’s home.
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Gao Fenglian demonstrates paper cutting.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
China Festival program coordinator Jing Li tries out a pair of paper cutting scissors while talking with Liu Jieqiong and Gao Fenglian.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Gao Fenglian’s sons show Jing Li an example of their mother’s paper cutting.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Inside one of the rooms of the home, which is built directly into the hillside.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Liu Jieqiong talks about the process of paper cutting while Gao Fenglian demonstrates.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Sets of scissors are set in different places around the home.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
A project in process sits in one of the rooms of the home.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
In the paper cutting process, nothing is wasted. Tiny paper cuttings are made from the pieces cut out of larger paper cuttings.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
An example of Gao Fenglian’s embroidered patchwork. This one shows a door god riding on a horse.
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Gao Fenglian shows a wedding dress that she has sewn.
Photo by Josh Eli Cogan, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Dinner preparations.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Around the dinner table.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Josh Cogan, Halle Butvin, and Gao Fenglian’s son-in-law prepare for a photo of the family above the courtyard.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Program Team
Daniel Sheehy and Jim Deutsch take a tour with colleagues at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, 2012.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Daniel Sheehy and Jim Deutsch learn a traditional game while visiting Taierzhuang, Shandong Province, 2012.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
The China team takes a trip to the Mall to survey the program site with local D.C.-area wushu coach Christopher Pei, June 2014. L to R: Qiaoyun Zhao, Joan Hua, Christopher Pei, Jacob Friedman, Jing Li, Tian Chen, Karlie Leung, Cindy Xu.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
Josh Cogan, Halle Butvin, and Jing Li interview Ha Yiqi as he works on a kite, Beijing, 2014.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
L to R: Justin Hensley, Rob Schneider, Jim Deutsch, Cindy Xu, Mu Qian, Jing Li, Joan Hua, May 2014.
Photo by Sojin Kim, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
L to R: Sojin Kim, Jim Deutsch, Jing Li, Joan Hua, Cindy Xu, Mu Qian, April 2014.
Photo by Elisa Hough, Ralph Rinzler Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution
