Research On The Female Ghost’s Image In Ming Legendary Opera

" Ghost opera" is named in the modern times, refers to the opera in which ghost’s image is theimportant character. In fact,the ghost concept has been existed in classical opera all the time. Therewere many ghost’s images when classical opera was born. Artists can reflect reality more deeply byghost’s image. There are many ghost’s images in China classical opera. For the women have verylow status in old time,female ghost’s image are more than the other image. In Ming Dynasty,especially the latter Ming Dynasty, the creation of female ghost’s image reached a peak. Thetraditional concept of ghost is the Ideological basis. The whole human society believed in ghostduring the primitive period, and Chinese has a especially long history of ghost culture. At thebeginning, people think there are something like ghost exist in the world because they are fear ofnature, then under the influence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, ghost become theirbelief. In fact, ghost always in our history. Culture and life. Secondly, the special socialenvironment is the driving force of female ghost’s image. In late Ming society, the idea ofhumanity liberation and individual freedom made people changed a lot in thought, action and favor.People chase "special" and "fantastic" not only in literature but also in daily aesthetic. And ghost isthe most suitable image to show that. The artists in Ming pay more attention to performance anddress up when they write a female ghost’s image. They also arranged a circuitous plot and frame afantastic scene by their active imagination. Except "special" and "fantastic", artists also usetheir true love to made the image real and moving. From these female ghost’s image, we can knowthe reality of Ming society, the inner feeling and pursuit of people,the change of view of womenand awakening of quality. Therefore, the research on these female ghost’s image has a significantartistic value,aesthetic value and spiritual value.