The Ritual Of The Puppet

The string puppet theatre, also known as the Marionette theatre. It is a historical form of theatre, which also plays an important part in traditional custom culture of south china. According to the research, the earliest puppet theatre was played on sacrificial ceremony; in western Han period, puppet theatre can be widely seen on wedding or funerals; puppet theatre was developed as a narrative art form in Tang dynasty; after Song dynasty, the characters and performing form become variety. Until now, puppet theatre can be found in many part of china, especially in Quanzhou, Fujian where puppet theatre was well reserved. This article based on analyze symbol mark of QuanZhou local puppet theatre, according to the theory of Anthropology and Semiology, trying to find an living context explanation of traditional puppet theatre during the progress of cultural transformation and provide some valuable research suggest.