Opera script for Shades of Spring Willow

This handwritten opera script and titles tablet belonged to Sin Teck Gerk, a Henghwa (Xinghua) string puppet troupe established around the 1920s. The titles tablet has two wooden blocks enclosing 21 folded sides, on which the titles of 44 plays are listed. The play to be performed was “decided” by the temple deity, through a ritual involving a pair of kidney-shaped divining blocks.

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