Marionetas de hilo de Quanzhou

They are historically known as "string puppets". This type originated in the Qin and Han dynasties (221 BC - 220 AD) and became very popular in and around Quanzhou in the late Tang and Five Dynasties (907-960 AD). This art was well preserved in later dynasties. Its rich falsetto singing and performance techniques of "pressed foot drums" and other rare musical instruments constitute a unique genre called "puppet melody". He now has more than 700 traditional works and unique puppet melodies consisting of more than 300 Qu melodies. It has a set of highly sophisticated string manipulation techniques, known as the "traditional string basic rules", as well as exquisite figure modeling art through elaborate decorative figure carving techniques.

The traditional Quanzhou Son Puppet plays have well preserved the folk beliefs and customs in the regions where the Minnan language (southern Fujian) is spoken, the grammar, words, expressions and pronunciation of the ancient "heluo language", as well as the southern opera, music and performance style of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Over the past thousand years, puppet shows have become part of the rites and rituals of people's lives in Minnan-speaking regions. Since the Ming Dynasty, it has even spread to Taiwan and Chinese settlements in Southeast Asia, has been an example of cultural exchange.

In 2006, Quanzhou string puppetry was included in the first list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage to be safeguarded. In 2012, the Strategy for Training the Next Generation of Puppeteers in Fujian was selected by UNESCO in the Register of Good Safeguarding Practices.