《扬州画舫录》所载扬州评话艺术的历史贡献

On Historical Contributions of Yangzhou Pinghua Art written in Yangzhou Pleasure-boats

扬州评话已列入第一批国家级非物质文化遗产保护名录。《扬州画舫录》除实录有关小说材料在内，也记载了部分扬州评话艺人小传、说书所据底本、自创书目和精湛的评话艺术，既对评话事业的发展起了推波助澜的积极作用，又给中国古代小说史增添了新的内容，促进了中国古代小说的流布与创作的繁荣。《扬州画舫录》栽述的扬州评话艺术等内容，至今仍不乏认识和启示意义。

Yangzhou Pleasure-boats has been listed as the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage. It records not only relevant novel materials but also some biographies of Yangzhou Pinghua artists,drafts of the stories,original narrations and exquisite Pinghua art so as to promote the development of Pinghua,add new contents to the Chinese ancient novel history and boost its dissemination and prosperity. The contents of Yangzhou Pinghua Art written in Yangzhou Pleasure-boats are still meaningful and inspiring today.