Devdiscourse News Desk | Taipei | Updated: 24-12-2020 11:46 IST | Created: 24-12-2020 11:46 IST
In 1973, a French scholar took an interest in Tien-lu’s craft and asked him to teach a few of the scholar’s students. Image Credit: Google doodle
Happy Birthday Li Tien-lu!!!
Today Google dedicates a beautiful artistic doodle to Li Tien-lu, the famous Taiwanese puppeteer, educator and film actor. He is best known to the international audience for playing principal characters in several Taiwanese films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
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Li Tien-lu was born on December 24, 1910 in Taipei. His father had trained him in glove puppetry since the age of eight. He helped to introduce the world to the traditional hand puppetry of his homeland.
2020/12/24 16:33 Google Doodle s illustration honoring Taiwanese puppet master Li Tian-lu on Dec. 24. 2020. (Google screenshot) Google Doodle s illustration honoring Taiwanese puppet master Li Tian-lu on Dec. 24. 2020. (Google screenshot) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Google Doodle launched an illustration on Dec. 24 celebrating Taiwanese veteran puppeteer Li Tian-lu s (李天祿) 110th birthday. Born in Taipei in 1910, Li was a master of glove puppetry. He began to learn the art from his father when he was eight, and by age 22, he had established a puppet theater troupe called Almost Like Life (亦宛然掌中劇團). Li also ventured outside the realm of puppetry into film, starring in Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢) movies Dust in the Wind, A City of Sadness, Daughter of the Nile, and The Puppetmaster.