What is the significance of Iron Branch Puppet Show?

Chaoshan Tiezhi puppet show is an important carrier of people's cultural activities, a form of mass cultural activities such as folk festivals, folk celebrations, leisure and entertainment, and plays an important role in cultivating people's spiritual sentiments, improving national cultural quality and building a harmonious society.

Iron puppet, also known as iron puppet or window paper shadow play, is an ancient local traditional art, which is mainly popular in folk puppet shows in southern Fujian and eastern Guangdong (Chaoshan area). The biggest feature of iron puppet is to use the metal wire on the puppet to complete the manipulation during the performance. Because it originated in Chaozhou, some people call it Chaozhou puppet show.