A Study On The Relationship Between Kunqu Opera And The Scholars' Societies Of Jiangnan Region In Ming-Qing Dynasty

Human are the existence of culture,and culture is also the symbol of human progress.The lifestyle of Jiangnan Region in Ming-Qing Dynasy was the most exquisite and classical."Get rid of the feudal ethical and enjoy nature",represents the aesthetic temperament from the highest ideals of freedom in life.Therefore,Kunqu Opera as the product of a particular time and space,can not develop without the whole time.From the late Ming and the middle age of Qing Dynasty, as the main type of drama and the most important art, Kunqu Opera was an essential part of scholars'life at that time.The most exquisite cultural forms permeated the scipt and the performance of Kunqu Opera,conversely, they certainly affected the lifestyle and status of that time.In order to clarifying the relationship between Kunqu Opera and the ordinary lifestyle in Ming-Qing dynasty,the main object of the study will base on Cultural studies,aesthetics and sociology.Through the inspect of the most elegant Kunqu Opera and the similar Scholars'lifesyle,author try to find out the connection with them, analyze the inherent relationship between the ordinary life and literature,and finally summed up that daily lives an impact on the basic law of Kunqu Opera.The body of this thesis can be broadly divided into three sessions,introduction,main body and remaining discussion.The introduction focused on the significance and research methods of this dissertation,also defined the relevant concepts.Based on the summarizing of the full dissertation .remaining discuss had further concluded the isomorphism between hererogeneous of Kunqu Opera and Jiangnan culture in aesthetic,then authou carried out pairs of tradition and modernity, analysised the value and significance of perfectly Kunqu Opera and the tastefully lifestyle in Jiangnan Region which will never reappear while in the era of consumption.Charpterâ… focused on the background of this dissertation, have been summarized and grooming the backgrounds of political,economic,ideological and cultural at that time,pointed out that Jiangnan's cultural spirit not only absorptioned of environmental,but also inherited the traditional Chinese literati culture,at the same time,impacted by the humanistic ideas of personality in the middle and late Ming dynasty.From chapterâ…¡to chapterâ…¥,this dissertation stated lots of Jiangnan's lifestyle as living culture,culinary culture, dress culture ,travel culture and so on,so as to analyzed the relationship between Kunqu opera and the Scholars'Societies of Jiangnan Region.Through script and performance these two forms of Kunqu Opera , found out the features of Jiangnan's lifestyle in these two forms,detailed analysis the Jiangnan's lifestyle that Kunqu Opera showing and the Jiangnan's lifestyle that Kunqu Opera going,focused on food,clothing,shelter and transportation which had deeping affect in character modeling,scene modeling and other aesthetics features of Kunqu Opera.The dissertation through the reflections on aesthetics and ordinary life,brought the material back to intellect,funny and ethics, aimed at restore the original Kunqu Opera as an integral part of life which had entertainment identity,status and characteris,,finally represented the perfect hanmony relationship between Kunqu Opera and grace culture which mainly made by Jiangnan's. scholars.