During the time when Japan occupied and ruled Taiwan, hand puppet shows had once been officially banned because they were dubbed in Taiwanese. Huang Hai-Dai, who had never learned Japanese before, started learning it so hard so that he could perform the hand puppet show in Japanese,and the Japanese Government

    　　Master Huang and his brother, Cheng Cheng, are the two key figures of the Wujou Yuen Hand Puppet Troupe. One night, Cheng Cheng gathered the troupe members together in order to have discussions about the plot of the play, but was accused of breaking curfew regulation and was arrested by the Japanese police. Cheng Cheng’s wife received a notice from the prison later on and thought her husband was going to be released, so she brought new clothes for her husband to get changed. However, it never crossed her mind that what she going to get was her husband’s cinerary urn.

　　Cheng Cheng’s death caused harm to both the Huang family and the troupe. This incident made Master Huang unwilling to perform hand puppet show for a period of time. It was also the greatest pity throughout Master Huang’s life.

　　Huang Hai-Dai and his son, Huang Chun-Ching, Huang Chun-Hsiung, and his grandson, Vincent Huang, all encountered the pressure of being forbidden to perform from the government, local prominent people and gangsters. However, they survived with their enthusiasm for hand puppet show.

　　The Scholarly Swordsman made Huang Chun-Hsiung famous. Once, in an elementary school exam, one question was “List some examples of Chinese national heroes”, and many students’ answers were Shih Yen-Wen. This is the proof of how popular the

hand puppet show was at that time.

　　Shih Yen-Wen can be counted as the first Taiwanese idol. Fifty years ago, when it was time for a Shih Yen-Wen hand puppet show, there would be no one in the streets, because people all sat in front of the TV and expected to see how Shih Yen-Wen going to fight the Mirror Man.

　　At that time, the show Shih Yen-Wen made the phenomenon of “Workers don’t want to work, farmers don’t want to farm, students don’t want to study, and doctors don’t want to operate”. The show created a 97% TV rating, however, the Government Information Bureau forbade the hand puppet show for the reason of “hindering the development of agriculture and industry”. There is no evidence if it hinders development or not, but that is truly evidence of how Huang Chun-Hsiung’s hand puppet show influenced Taiwanese people.     

    　　Chris Huang, the president of Pili Multimedia, said that he was not close with his father because his father was on the move performing hand puppet show everywhere. Due to his father’s busy job, Chris and his brother, Vincent, were sent to their grandmother’s house in Tainan, and Vincent’s twin brother, Huang Wen-Yao was sent to their uncle’s house in Taichung. The three brothers were separated, and the only chance they could get together for a short time was when their father was on tour. “We three had no interests in performing the traditional hand puppet show when we were young.

　　We made a band called ‘Surfing’ and performed at restaurants and strip clubs.” Being sons of the master of hand puppet show, Huang Chun-Hsiung, but singing western songs in a band made Huang Chun-Hsiung very angry. “We devoted ourselves to try doing something new and modern. No matter whose sons we were, we didn’t care.” Vincent laughs aloud every time he mentions this story.

　　The brothers came back home to help their father when they found that the money they made by performing in a band wasn’t enough. It was also because Huang Chun-Hsiung’s hand puppet show was back on for the audiences and was performed again on TV in 1982. The Huang brothers decided to help the hand puppet troupe. Chris is responsible for writing scripts and filming; Vincent and Huang Wen-Yao are responsible for dictating the lines and handling the puppets. Since then, their father realized that his three rebellious sons had inherited the hand puppet show talents from the Huang’s as well.

Racing Car world. He got nicknamed “Prowess Huang” for that. Apart from that, he also put together a street dance team, “Trouble Maker”, to perform everywhere. He even learned photography and worked as a photographer assistant.

　　One time at the backstage, he caught a glimpse of his father who was in his seventies, but still raising his hands high above his head to perform the puppets. He then decided to quit the photographer assistant job and went back home to help his father take charge of the ZhenWu Jou Hand Puppet Troupe and took up the heavy responsibility as the successor.

　　He not only kept to tradition but also brought some new ideas into the shows. For example, he created a skeleton called “Liao Jie Jue” which could do many challenging break dance tricks. “I envy those hand puppets because they can achieve my dream of flipping in the air,” said Huang Li-Gang.

　　He is also a comic enthusiast. He created a comic style Shih Yen-Wen out of his childlike innocence. He is the one who brought innovation and creativity into the shows.