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Shadows on a Paper Screen: Puppet Theatre in Song China
Song shadow puppets began as cut paper and moved to coloured sheepskin; faces were carved to show loyalty or villainy, and four kinds of puppet shared the quarter with storytellers.
Song · Daily Life
What Kaifeng Ate Before Daylight
In the Northern Song capital, breakfast started at the fifth watch with a monastery runner's wooden fish, a hundred bakery ovens, and a bowl of gourd soup for ten cash.