Worshiping The Moon Communication Research

This article, taking the“spread”as the visual angle, and“Worshiping the Moon”as the object of study, with such fouraspects as text, performance, criticism and other forms as thestarting point, makes an relative comprehensive review andorganization of the spread situation after the book’s publicationcombined with the developmental history of drama and the culturalbackground in every period of time, on basis of which a briefexploration and conclusion are also made on the law of spread ofthe ancient drama.The full text is divided into text transmission, performancetransmission, criticized the dissemination and other forms ofdissemination of several parts. In the text spread, the characteristicsand laws of the spread of the text of“Worshiping the Moon”arereviewed from these two points of view: global and single. As amaterialized form, edition contains rich social information andknowledge information, and becomes a reliable basis for deliberationand seeking the course of the dissemination of“Worshiping theMoon”. In the performance spread, the situation of performance isoutlined from these two aspects, i.e. the performance forms and theway of singing. Different forms of performance and various ways of singing constitute the main style of the spread of“Worshiping theMoon”on the stage. Since the publication of“Worshiping the Moon”,the dramatists and the critics argued with each other endless on it.Both the laudators and slanders are great in number, and disturb thecriticism on“Worshiping the Moon”with controversies overcomparison with the“The Romance of West Chamber”and“The Storyof Pipa”. This also constitutes a part of the spread system of“Worshiping the Moon”. In the other forms of propagation, operaillustration prints and dissemination are creatively linked together,and the role of dissemination played by the illustration prints in dramais also discussed. The development of neoteric and moderncommunications media also provides a wider space for the spread of“Worshiping the Moon”. These all belong to the important composingparts of the spread of“Worshiping the Moon”.This article analyzes the dissemination of traditional opera byusing innovatively the modern theories of media studies, and thenlays out further to people a complete context of development anddissemination of a drama.