During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Fujian wooden image crafts were already quite elegant. Marionettes moved by strings and puppets moved by hands grew out of the early images hung by strings Quanzhou puppet heads shaped like the facial make-ups in the Luyuan Drama and Zhangzhou puppet heads shaped like those in the Hakkas Drama are excellent and outstanding in their own way. the carving works by both
Jiang Jiazhou in Quanzhou and Xu Niansong in Zhangzhou have come up to the highest standard of Fujian marionette carving. Their carving puppet heads look vivid and lively. Their facial make-ups have their
separate artistic characteristics, glowing with health and radiating vigour. Their clothes and ornaments are made perfect and splendid.
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