傀儡，指各类土木制成的拟人形物，傀儡戏则是利用傀儡进行表演的一种戏剧形式。傀儡戏源远流长，形成于唐宋之际。宋代是婴戏图发展的黄金时代，也是傀儡戏发展的兴盛时期，二者极其“巧合”地发生了紧密联系，存世的有关视觉图像颇多。本文以宋金“傀儡图像”为研究对象，即两宋时期包含“傀儡”或“傀儡戏”的图像，探讨其与“婴戏”主题结合的深层次原因。本文首先搜集并分析了宋金所存的傀儡图像，总共统计有11幅图像，其材质广泛，所见傀儡图像皆与“婴戏”主题相关。根据其形式特征，本文将其分为“表演傀儡戏”、“手持傀儡玩具”两种。结合文献材料，本文阐述了傀儡戏作为一种娱乐形式在宋代社会文化经济中的繁荣状况。作为一种娱乐方式，无论在皇家教坊、瓦市勾栏抑或广大农村，傀儡戏都极其盛行，甚至形成了自己的行业社会，拥有众多傀儡戏表演艺人。在此时，傀儡还作为一种娱乐玩具出现，深受儿童喜爱。接着本文讨论了傀儡浓厚的宗教性。从其起源和表演内容来看，傀儡戏具有驱邪作用。在宋代现实生活中，民众常利用其驱邪逐疫，禳灾祈福。结合傀儡所具有的宗教含义，在人口锐减，社会求子风尚盛行，同时儿童夭折率又居高不下的社会背景下，本文认为傀儡与婴戏主题的结合，一方面是表现儿童嬉戏，更为重要的是借傀儡驱邪功能以庇佑儿童顺利成长，达到佑子的目的。其中，团扇和铜镜是通过观者的“视觉观看”来产生影响，而瓷枕则需要主人枕着其入睡就能发挥神用。宋人观念中认为墓葬关乎后代的子嗣传承，故在其中装饰有婴戏图，同时利用傀儡来驱邪庇佑。事实上，“婴戏+傀儡”的元素组合仅仅是宋金婴戏图中起到庇佑儿童成长的中众多组合之一，只不过这种组合最为普遍。

Puppets refer to anthropomorphic figures made of various types of earth and wood. Puppet theater is a form of drama that uses puppets to perform. Puppet theater has a long history and was formed on the occasion of Tang and Song Dynasties. The Song Dynasty was a golden age for the development of children playing and the prosperous period for the development of puppet theater. They were extremely "coincidentally" closely connected, and there were many relevant visual images that existed in the world. This paper takes "Puppet Images" in the Song Dynasty as the research object and the images contains "puppet" or "puppet theater" in the Song Dynasties, and discusses the reasons for its combination with the theme of "Children Playing".This paper firstly collected and analyzed the puppet images in the Song Dynasty. A total of 11 images were counted, with a wide range of materials. The puppet images seen are all related to the theme of "Children Playing". According to its schematic features, this paper divides it into two types: "performing puppet theater" and "hand-held puppet toy".Combining literature, this paper expounds the prosperity of puppet theater as a form of entertainment in the society，culture and economy of the Song Dynasty. As a form of entertainment, puppet theater is extremely popular no matter whether it is in the royal workshop, in the Washi Goulan of city, or in the vast rural areas. It has even formed its own club and has many puppet theater performers. At this time, the puppet also appeared as an entertaining toy and was loved by children.Then this paper discusses the puppet's strong religious nature. Judging from its origin and performance, puppet theater has an exorcism function. In the real life of the Song Dynasty, people often used it to expel evils and expel epidemics, and pray for blessings.Combined with the religious meaning of puppets, in the context of a sharp decline in population, the prevailing social begging for children, and the high mortality rate of children, this paper thinks that the combination of puppets and children playing themes is on the one hand to show children playing. The important thing is to use the puppet exorcism function to protect children from growing up smoothly and achieve the purpose of blessing. Among them, the circular fan and the bronze mirror influence the viewers by their "viewing", while the porcelain pillow requires the master to sleep with him in order to play a magical role. In the Song people's concept, the tomb is related to the inheritance of descendants, so it is decorated with children playing figures, and at the same time, use puppets to exorcise and protect. In fact, the elemental combination of "Children Playing+ puppet" is only one of many combinations that play a role in blessing the growth of children in the baby play in the Song Dynasty, but this combination is the most common.