Water puppetry is a Vietnamese tradition that dates back as far as the 11th century, when it originated in the villages of the Red River Delta, in the north of the country. Vietnamese water puppetry i
Performance of the water puppet theatre Thăng Long, in Hanoi
An orchestra accompanies the performance with traditional music and song.
A water puppet theater show in Hanoi, Vietnam. The players present themselves at the end of the show.
Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures is a series of short poems and accompanying drawings used in the Zen tradition to describe the stages of a practitioner's progress toward awakening, and their subs
Water puppetry
…who often wears nothing but a simple loincloth, sometimes accompanied by a simple open vest. Gallery Water puppet representing one of the stages of the Buddhist "ox herder" parable Puppeteers onstage for final act Musician at water puppet show, Hanoi Hanoi water puppets – Tiên dance Water puppets Water puppets at Thang Long Theater…
15th century Japanese hanging scroll depicting a scene from the Oxherding sequence.
Seeing the ox, an Ox-herding picture on an outdoor wall in Bongeunsa, South Korea.
Bongeunsa oxherding picture depicting the state of transcendence, emptiness, and no-mind.
1. In Search of the Bull In the pasture of the world, I endlessly push aside the tall grasses in search of the Ox. Following unnamed rivers, lost upon the interpenetrating paths of distant mountains, My strength failing and my vitality exhausted, I cannot find the Ox.