Chinese Opera, Music and Shadow Theatre Puppets at Mentougou Museum

Mentougou Museum, outskirts of Beijing. July 2008.

Mentougou Museum, outskirts of Beijing, is an interesting place to see documents of Chinese Performing Arts history through a small province village's point of view.

A permanent exhibition of Mentougou's Performing Arts shows us Shadow Theatre Puppets (Xiaweidian Beijing West School), Chinese Opera objects (costumes, props, and music instruments); and historical photographs.

Video Mentougou Museum

Photographs of the permanent exhibition at Mentougou Museum:

SHADOW THEATRE PUPPETS


Shadow Theatre Puppet (Xiaweidian Beijing West School). Mentougou Museum.


Shadow Theatre Puppet (Xiaweidian Beijing West School). Mentougou Museum.


Shadow Theatre Puppet (Xiaweidian Beijing West School). Mentougou Museum.


CHINESE OPERA COSTUMES, PROPS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Chinese Opera costume. Mentougou Museum.


Chinese Opera props. Mentougou Museum.


Chinese Opera musical instruments. Mentougou Museum.


Chinese Opera Musical Instruments. Mentougou Museum.



HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Shadow Theatre Stage (First years of 20th Century). Mentougou Museum.


Chinese opera Troupe (First years of 20th Century). Mentougou Museum.


Street musicians and actors (First years of 20th Century). Mentougou Museum.


Chinese Opera troupe (First years of 20th Century). Mentougou Museum.




Comic Chinese Opera performance (Last quarter of 20th Century). Mentougou Museum.



Chinese Opera performance (Last quarter of 20th Century). Mentougou Museum.


Street Musicians performance (Beginnings of 20th Century). Mentougou Museum.

The same video in Vimeo:


Chinese Opera, Music and Shadow theatre Puppets Permanent exhibition at Mentougou Museum from Gustavo Thomas on Vimeo.