Wei Zhang is Professor at Hangzhou Normal University. She is the author of Chinese Adaptations of Brecht: Appropriation and Intertextuality (2020). Her research has been published in Theatre Research International, Asian Theatre Journal, Comparative Drama, Classical Receptions Journal, and many other journals.

• 1. Introduction 2. Yangge: Han and Ethnic Folk Dance Drama in Northern China after Yuan zaju Period 3. Fan Dance, Masked Dance, and The Divine in East Asia/China 4. Golden-Winged Bird, Flying Apsaras, Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara, and Indian Buddhism Influence on Performance Arts in China 5. Kinnara, Kinnari, Peacock Dance, and Water Puppetry: Performances in China and Southeast Asian Countries 6. Beckett, Sartre, and Brecht on the Drama/Theatre Scenes in China 7. Conclusion

Wei Zhang is Professor at Hangzhou Normal University. She is the author of Chinese Adaptations of Brecht: Appropriation and Intertextuality (2020). Her research has been published in Theatre Research International, Asian Theatre Journal, Comparative Drama, Classical Receptions Journal, and many other journals.

• 1. Introduction 2. Yangge: Han and Ethnic Folk Dance Drama in Northern China after Yuan zaju Period 3. Fan Dance, Masked Dance, and The Divine in East Asia/China 4. Golden-Winged Bird, Flying Apsaras, Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara, and Indian Buddhism Influence on Performance Arts in China 5. Kinnara, Kinnari, Peacock Dance, and Water Puppetry: Performances in China and Southeast Asian Countries 6. Beckett, Sartre, and Brecht on the Drama/Theatre Scenes in China 7. Conclusion

Wei Zhang is Professor at Hangzhou Normal University. She is the author of Chinese Adaptations of Brecht: Appropriation and Intertextuality (2020). Her research has been published in Theatre Research International, Asian Theatre Journal, Comparative Drama, Classical Receptions Journal, and many other journals.

• 1. Introduction 2. Yangge: Han and Ethnic Folk Dance Drama in Northern China after Yuan zaju Period 3. Fan Dance, Masked Dance, and The Divine in East Asia/China 4. Golden-Winged Bird, Flying Apsaras, Thousand-Hand Avalokitesvara, and Indian Buddhism Influence on Performance Arts in China 5. Kinnara, Kinnari, Peacock Dance, and Water Puppetry: Performances in China and Southeast Asian Countries 6. Beckett, Sartre, and Brecht on the Drama/Theatre Scenes in China 7. Conclusion