Study On Chung Hua Dramacite Association

During the Anti-Japanese War, drama performance in Chongqing was flourishing unprecedented, which made a great contribution to the golden age of China drama. As the carrier of China drama, drama club and theater had played an important role in the development of Chongqing anti-Japanese drama, responded to the call of age, and made a great contribution to the development and prosperity of anti-Japanese drama. Chung Hua Dramacite Association, which had made great achievements after the war, is an integral part that can not be ignored for us to study anti-Japanese drama. Chung Hua Dramacite Association is a non-governmental professional troupe lasting the longest at the rear. From its foundation to the time the troupe signed off activities, it had staged dozens of large-scaled dramas, among which are several masterpieces. Many first-rate directors, screenwriters, actors and choreography workers at that time had left their footprint of hard work in Chung Hua Dramacite Association, and written a glorious page in the drama history of Chongqing.Chung Hua Dramacite Association achieved glorious achievements in Chongqing for the following reasons: before the war the rise of the drama in Chongqing had laid a solid foundation; with the transfer of political center, Chongqing became a gathering place for theater workers; as anti-Japanese patriotic mind rising, the number of drama audience soared considerably; the principles that the drama troupe abided by in its own operations and management; the joint hard work of all workers. All these factors created the glory of Chung Hua Dramacite Association during the war.Although Chung Hua Dramacite Association was non-governmental, the performance was professional. Formal theater system, excellent theatrical personnel as well as their tireless pursuit of arts had laid the foundation for a higher level. The development process of Chung Hua Dramacite Association can be divided into three periods, and the balance between in the choice of historical drama and theme of civil society, the "star system" focusing on performing and management collectivilization, the three principles had gone through the three periods. The adherence to these three principles, made Chung Hua Dramacite Association, in the Context of Anti-Japanese War, meet the psychological needs of general public in its choice of drama and advertisements highlighting the"resistance","national defense". Therefore, it expanded its own influence, and actively promoted the development of Chongqing drama, which made great contributions to the anti-Japanese propaganda and the consolidation of Anti-Japanese National United Front and played a positive role for the development of literature and art of New China as well.