ARTISTS >  ZENG Han | 曾翰

SELECTED WORKS
2.Part I:
Landplay
地戏
 

The images from Part I: “Landplay” depict local villagers from Guizhou province acting out traditional characters from the Chinese historical Dixi Opera, meaning Earth Opera or Open-Air Opera. In these traditional performances, local villagers and farmers perform not on stage, but occupy vacant land near a village while the audience watches nearby. Still performed today, Dixi Opera is considered to be one of the oldest operas in the world, and is said to be the “living fossil of opera art”.