A fully articulated string puppet was recovered from the Han dynasty tomb excavations in Laihsi County, Shantung, mainland China in 1968; by the Sung dynasty records appear showing how different types of stick- and string-controlled puppets had been developed.
中國大陸一九七九年在山東萊西縣挖掘的漢墓之中，已有全身關節靈活，引有絲線的「懸絲傀儡」出土。到了宋代，更可普遍在《東京夢華錄》、《都城勝記》等書中，得知當時已發展出杖頭、懸絲等不同支藉物的傀儡形式。