Huang Chun-hsiung

Huang Chun-hsiung (; born January 26, 1933, in Huwei, Yunlin, Taiwan) is a glove puppeteer, narrator, and producer. He is the second son of the puppeteer Huang Hai-tai. Chun-hsiung learned how to play glove puppets from his father at the age of fourteen. Journey to becoming a glove puppeteer Huang began his career in glove puppetry behind the scenes.  Gradually, he learned the five major techniques: to blow (the suona: a Chinese musical instrument like treble horn), to beat (the gong and drum), to play (the erhu, a Chinese fiddle-like violin), to operate (glove puppets), to write (screen), and to narrate. He is also a lyricist and composer. His works include a number of theme music such as "A Bitter-fated Sea Goddess", "A Lady Named Leng Shuangzi", "Acacia Lamp" and "The Turning Point of Fate". When Huang was 19, he established the third organization under WuChou Theater, which was later renamed the Authentic WuChou Glove Puppet Theatrical Group. The Knight in YunChou - Si Yeng-weng, premiered on March 2, 1970, was the production during this era. In the drama, he enlarged the size of glove puppet, emphasized the eye gestures, and used modern folk songs to replace the traditional music composed of gongs and drums. This drama lasted 583 episodes and created record high television ratings of 97% in 1970.