"In Taiwan most puppet theater is combined with operatic music to dispel evil spirits," explains Sung Chin-hsiou, assistant researcher in the Taiwan History Field Research Office of the Academia Sinica, who has been researching puppets for years.
「傀儡戲是以出煞儀式為主，兼納戲曲形式，多用來驅邪除魔」，研究傀儡戲多年，現任中央研究院民族學研究所暨台灣史田野研究室助理研究員的宋錦秀表示。