In 1428, after more than twenty years fighting against enemy, Lam Son uprising led by Le Loi succeeded, establishing Le dynasty (1428 – 1788). The Le dynasty attached importance to the traditional theatre so the traditional opera plays (Cheo, Tuong) developed; the puppetry art which was formerly not originated from art with words, returned popular festivals. However, in the literature of Le dynasty, puppets stilled appeared. The largest outside theatre has currently existed in Thay pagoda (Ha Tay), built in Long Tri pond, in front of the pagoda yard in the Later Le dynasty.
Later, although Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) only focused on developing Tuong, the folkloric puppetry art still remained its tradition staying closely in the villages…
The history of establishment and development of Vietnamese puppetry art from the Great Viet has still been under the presumption of researchers. The historical documents and proofs have clearly shown the operation of puppetry in Vietnam from the Xth century by now. Located in Thang Long capital, Vietnamế feudal state was really powerful, the national strength and self-control were determined. On the basis of building palaces and pagodas, good handicraftsmen were gathered, their skills were improved; speeding up the development of sculpture and architecture. To commend the merit and power, many festivals such as celebration of work inauguration, pagoda festivals, festival of looking for queen, or King’s birthday… were held with many exciting and strange plays. The puppetry art which appeared earlier had many favourable conditions for development.