A Study On History Plays During The Anti-Japanese War(1937-1945)

China's Anti-Japanese War is a national war involves all aspects like politics,economy,military affairs and ideology and culture.The resistance of ideological and cultural field is an important part of the Anti-Japanese movement.Industrious,brave and intelligent Chinese people used all cultural weapons such as poetry,novels,drama,news,and movies to blow the horn of the cultural movement.In all kinds of cultural salvation activities,drama is the vanguard.In various forms of drama,the history play has survived with its unique advantages and thrived in the war and the severe political situation in China,presenting an unprecedented prosperity.It becomes an intermediary between the playwrights,the soldiers and the masses.The history play supports and serves the Anti-Japanese war for its easy-to-understand form and the advantage of easy-to-transmit,which becomes a major spectacle in the history of the drama during the war and even in the entire Chinese drama history.The playwrights are mostly left-winged or inclined to revolution and mainly distributed in the Kuomintang ruling areas and the "isolated island" time of Shanghai.As a weapon,the theme of history play is persisting in resistance and opposing surrender,sticking to unity and opposing division.History play is always full of patriotism and the spirit of democracy,and also contains historical reflection.The playwrights use"historicism" and "the ancient and the present approach" in their creation,they also exert its political utilitarianism through insinuation and a distortion of the facts.Its tragic style makes people realize the justice,necessity and importance of the war.The revolutionary optimism in the play suggests people following the direction of the heroes to pursue victory and light.History play is fully utilized the advantages of drama in communication,and is popularized through various forms such as publication in newspapers,magazines,books and performances.It is propagated in various forms and strives to achieve nationalization and popularization both in content and performance.The different cultural policies of the Kuomintang in the early and late stage of the Anti-Japanese War also highlight the change of the political situation and the competition between the two Parties in the cultural field.History play during the Anti-Japanese War has played a great role in mobilizing and guiding public opinion,it inculcates ideology and encourages political enthusiasm,directly or indirectly influencing people's participation in the war.It enriches the Chinese culture,inherits the national spirit,develops the social function of History,promotes the sinicization of Marxist historiography,and provides a reference for the dissemination of historical achievements and the popularization of history.