Figurine of child holding a puppet Front

Puppets are the puppet props used in shows, also called marionettes, similar to the shadow puppets we are now familiar with. During the Song Dynasty, children were enthusiastic about puppet shows, so puppets were a common toy in their hands. During the Song and Jin Dynasties, with the prosperity of the market culture, the change of the urban environment, promote the development of folk entertainment life, the gradual completion of the hooks and tiles to promote the Song vaudeville to maturity, and the prosperity of the Song vaudeville made the puppet opera prevalent at this time. It promotes the formation of puppet toy porcelain figurines as children learn to accept and adapt to the roles and behaviors required by cultural traditions through recreational play.