“Talking too much to people, I hardly have time to talk to my puppets”, says Mr. Xu Zhuchu, 68 years old, a master of puppet making. His puppets have been exhibited in over 100 countries.
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Xu has come from a family of puppet making; he is the sixth generation puppet maker. His family has established a workshop since 1807. Xu started learning the art at an early age. When he was 10 years old, he already started using his carving knife making puppet heads. Over the years, he has perfected his carving skills. Thousands of puppets he made all have different lifelike expressions.
Puppet drama is a dying art. Young people only have time to watch TV, movies and play video games nowadays. Xu told us he wanted to build a museum for puppet drama and kept making his puppet. This way the young people will always have a chance to know about puppet drama.
