The Study On The Theatre And Drama' Activity

The temple theatre in Shanxi Province become a concerning object of scholarsin recent years. The existing temple theater are numberous in Yanbei, the northern region ofShanxi. In addition, there are other drama's stage. But both the situations are not givenenough concern for a long time. So the artilce, based on the field ingverstigation and relatedocument, intoduced and discussd the theatre and drama actity in Yanbei during the Ming anQing dynasties.When determining the scope of the"YanBei, the articl firstly introduced the historicalprocess on the forming and consolidation, through which we highlight the closely relationshipbetween the region and society. Based these, we introduced the cultural background of thedrama in Yanbei. Secongly, we summaried the overall situation of the temple theater andspecific architectural features. Again, we furtherly discussed the relationship between the faithand temple theater from the faithful perspective. Finally we talked over the activitiesabout the drama during Ming and Qing dyanaties.Through introducing the regional natural and social environment change, we think thedevelopment of YanBei has always been closely related to the military activities. In the Mingand Qing dynasties, the regional cultural environment took placed big changes again.Especially in the Ming dynasty, Datong mansion as one of"the nine edge", had greatinfluence to the development to social polity, economy and culture, and even villages'development, so that directly affect the theater's late construction and drama's activities.Through the investigation of theatre, we find that there already appeared temple theatresin YanBei during Ming dynasty. There were only six in the area, which were recorded indocument. Temple theaters were widespread in Qing dynasty. Especially they arised out offew buddhist temple's gate under the influence of antidote. The existing stages were mainlybuilt in Qing dynasty, whose structure had many similarities with the others in rest areas ofShanxi, however with more regional characteristics. The Juanpeng's top was the majority, the Yingshan's top was few, all of which used parting board to distinguish the front and rear,mostly not used Dougong under the eaves. They mostly were plain adornment, twocontinuous logs in interior. These features were not only inevitable results of the reform anddevelopment of theatre, but also related with YanBei's natural and geographical conditions,economic development and ecological environment, and showed a kind of regional aestheticpursuit.Through inspecting the relationship between the faith and the theatre, we find thattemples in Yanbei had high consistency with the official beliefs duing the Ming and Qingdynasties. Such as the Chenghuang temple, Guandi temple, Zhenwu temple, Beiyue temple,Wenchang temple, Longwang temple etc, they were mainly recruited into the official'ssacrificial category. To official, these temples were the need of the reality and the rule, whichreflected the rule, the integrity and social order of the feudalism system, and they also werewidely accepted in folk faithfu traditon. The official had a choice to the gods according to thereal conditions consciously, but also depend on the traditional folk custom. But to the public,they accept according to the practical, also to the long-term formed inheritance of god idea.These were the deep reflection of social changes in the area, more of the logical relationshipbetween regional environment and beliefs. They lay the foundation for theatre and theprosperity of play activities.Throngh analysizing the literatue material, we find that there are many musicians inDaiwang's manson and villages during the Ming dynasty. The connection between tleprostitutio and gentries is common in Ming dynasty. All of these inspired many classes'enthusiasm to the drama, and had an important role to propell the developmen of drama inlater. Activities and the performances were incredibly rich in the saluting god and season'festival, during the Ming and Qing dynasties. They both play a major role to the constructionof the theater or to the development of all operas. Through inscription on the stage,we alsofind that lots of Bangzi and local opera's repertoire name, opera troupe and performer's name,all of which provide a reliable basis for us to understand the local drama's development.