傀儡戏的历史很久,古代所演的多是战斗的武戏,到唐代还是如此,到了宋代就有了很大发展。据一些笔记记载,宋代的傀儡戏有悬丝傀儡、杖头傀儡、水傀儡、药发傀儡、肉傀儡等五种。水傀儡明代叫做“水嬉”,就是在水中表演的木偶。药发傀儡现在叫“放烟火”,是从烟火中现出戏剧人物。肉傀儡在宋代是“以小儿后生辈为之”,也就是用儿童去扮演,以真人充主角,与木偶同时上台。而现在盛行的只是杖头傀儡、提线傀儡、指头傀儡等三种。杖头傀儡戏,分布很广,有多样的发展,各具地方色彩。川陕有大小不同的两种,大的四川叫大木脑壳戏,“抓手”灵活。陕西的口眼能动,相传是唐代的传统,造形也近似于“唐塑”。广东的杖头,比较华 The puppet theater has a long history. The ancient theater was mostly a martial art of fighting and was still the case in the Tang Dynasty. By the time of the Song Dynasty, great progress was made. According to some notes, there are five puppet puppets, stick puppets, water puppets, medicated puppets and meat puppets in the Song Dynasty. Water puppet Ming called “water play”, is the puppet performing in the water. Pharmacopoeia puppet is now called “put a fireworks”, is from the fireworks in the drama characters. Puppet puppet in the Song Dynasty is “to children after the generation of”, that is, to play with children, with the heroine, with the puppet came to power at the same time. And now prevailing just stick puppet, mention line puppet, finger puppet and other three. Stick puppet theater, distributed widely, there are various developments, each with a local color. Sichuan and Shaanxi have two different sizes, the big Sichuan called big wooden skull show, “grab” flexible. Shaanxi’s mouth can be dynamic, according to legend is the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, shape is also similar to “Tang plastic.” Guangdong’s stick, more China