Huang Hai-tai

Huang Hai-tai (Chinese: 黃海岱; pinyin: Huáng Hǎidài; 2 January 1901 – 11 February 2007) was a Taiwanese puppeteer.

[3] Huang renamed his father's troupe Wuzhouyuan,[1][2] and developed his own stories and characters, most notably Shi Yan-yun.

However, Huang's secretly held private shows told traditional and historic Chinese tales, several of which he had read while in training.

[5][6] As his many students, including second son Huang Chun-hsiung, formed their own theatre troupes in the 1950s, they ushered in the Golden Ray era, dominated by more elaborate shows in an attempt to compete with modernized entertainment mediums, such as comic strips, music, film, and television.

Huang fell ill with pneumonia, and died of heart failure on 11 February 2007 in Huwei, Yunlin, aged 106.