Tianlong Tunpu

Tianlong offers an entry into the Tunpu settlements linked to early-Ming military migration. Present-day performances and visitor spaces must be read alongside village life, rather than as an unchanged scene from the Ming.

A ground-opera troupe performing in Qingyan, Guiyang, in 2018.
A ground-opera troupe performing in Qingyan, Guiyang, in 2018.

Tianlong Tunpu

A ground-opera troupe performing in Qingyan, Guiyang, in 2018.

The face above the face

Anshun Dixi brings carved masks, sung military tales and village companies into a tradition connected with the Tunpu settlements.

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