The puppet show consists of puppets, manipulators, voice actors and bands. Most of them are opera vocal actors, and some of them perform in the form of dialogue or song and dance. In the past, the shape of puppets was mechanical. The puppet performing costume drama consists of only three sticks, with a shriveled body and dull facial expression. Later, after careful design by the technicians of the puppet factory, the puppet image became more vivid and vivid. When performing, there is emotional expression and gentle and flexible movements. Puppet's head, eyes, mouth, hands and feet can move freely. When singing white, your mouth opens and closes with the melody of the tune, and your eyes can also rotate with the movements of the performance. From the eyes and movements, we can see whether the puppet is happy or sad, angry or hateful.

The Song Dynasty was the heyday of puppet art in China and China. There are many puppet clubs with strong popularity, and there are palaces everywhere, and scholars are full of interest. The art of zaju in Yuan Dynasty is radiant, and the level of puppet art is not bad. Judging from the only remaining Preface to Zhu Xi, the puppet show in Yuan Dynasty has vividly performed the manipulation skills, speech, singing and the joys and sorrows of the characters, and the repertoire has the realistic connotation of zaju. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, puppet shows gradually spread all over the country, with many tribes.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, puppet shows have entered the countryside from cities, and various styles and schools have formed the plastic arts of puppets, and due to different regions, various plastic features have emerged. Quanzhou Kerry Puppet Show, Zhangzhou Bag Puppet Show, Guangdong Zhangtou Puppet Show, Chaozhou Tiezhi Puppet Show, Heyang Puppet Show, Wuqiao Pole Puppet Show, Sichuan Big Puppet Show ... Puppet shows in various places have been renovated, or they have various trades (raw, Dan, clean and ugly), or they are well-crafted, or they are broad-minded, and they have their own charms. After the Republic of China, especially in recent decades, puppet shows have moved from folk to specialization, performances from the open air to the theater, puppet modeling has gradually modernized, and carving and painting techniques are exquisite.

The performance characteristics of the puppet show determine the role of the puppet show stage: shielding the manipulator, separating the line of sight from the performance area to highlight the puppet and attract the audience. The stage of traditional puppet show inherits the beautiful characteristics of traditional opera and dance, and even the performance venue is integrated with traditional opera. The marionette stage is mostly an open-air stage, with a curtain on the back to block the manipulator and a door for the puppet to get on and off the stage. The actor stands behind the scenes with a line board to manipulate the puppet show, and the audience can watch it from three sides.

The stage of the puppet show has the architectural style of China Pavilion, wood carving and gold ornaments, flexible combination, free space, elegance and exquisiteness, which can be called exquisite craftsmanship. In recent decades, the puppet show, which has become a theater art, has formed a multi-functional puppet show stage with a frame structure. Drawing on the advantages of modern drama art, it adopts new materials, integrates sound, light and electricity, adds scenes and scenes, emphasizes the all-round effect of stage layout, and highlights its artistic comprehensiveness.

According to the structure of puppets and the manipulation methods of actors, puppet shows can be divided into the following types: puppet show, which was called "suspension spring Puppet" in ancient times and consisted of a puppet head, a cage belly, limbs, a thread and a hook. My head is carved with camphor tree, linden tree or willow tree, with internal organs and rich facial expressions. Its chest and abdomen are bamboo, and its hands are divided into civil and military. It's fun to dance with a gun and stick, walk with a pen and shake a fan with a lamp. Its feet are divided into bare, boots and denier, and there is a line between the hook and the joint!