The Chinese puppetry comes in three forms:the marionette theater, the shadow theater, and the glove theater. Of the three, marionette theater has the longest history and has spread the farthest. As early as the Sung dynasty in the tenth century A.D., the marionette theater and shadow puppet theater were already highly developed. In fact, other types of Chinese theater had yet to develop. Subsequently, puppetry had an important impact on the development of other types Chinese theater. Puppetry in China has been considered a performing art of immense appeal rather than a casual amusement or child's game.
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