Taipei Puppet Theater Tickets
- Taipei's only museum dedicated to puppetry
- Professional puppeteers provide hands-on guidance in operating hand puppets
- The traditional painted archway is your stage
- English tours available so international visitors can also experience authentic Taiwanese culture
What to expect
Potehi Experiential English Tour and String Puppet Show Introduction
Potehi, Taiwanese Hand-Glove puppetry, is considered one of the most symbolic performing arts of Taiwan.
Visitors may even see the PILI Potehi puppets at Taoyuan Airport. It was originally brought to Taiwan around the 17th century by various Potehi puppeteers from Southeast China. With the changes of Taiwan's society, Potehi also developed different genres in terms of the performance space, plots, effects, size and style of the puppets...
Puppetry Art Center of Taipei, with the donations from the puppetry scholar Dr. Lin Chin-Fu, became the only puppet museum in Taipei.
Join us in this brief yet fascinating journey to explore Potehi culture of Taiwan! You will be introduced to the history of Potehi in Taiwan and the basic tricks to perform Potehi.
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