老郎神考论

The Textual Research of God Lao Lang

随着昆剧在明中后期的兴盛,昆剧艺人像其他行业那样,开始进行其行业神的祭祀。关于昆剧艺人祭祀的祖师,有唐明皇、二郎神、翼宿星君、后唐庄宗等多种表述。综合来看,昆剧艺人的祭祀活动受到了官方的影响,昆剧艺人祭祀的老郎神演变成为唐明皇和翼宿星君的复合体。

With the development of Kunju Opera in the late Ming Dynasty, the Opera artists also began to worship its industry God. The founders that Kunju Opera artists worshiped include Tangminghuang, Erlangshen ,Yisuxingjun, Houtang Zhuangzong, etc. In gen- eral, God Lao Lang, who had been worshiped by the Opera artists is actually a complex of Tangminghuang and Yisuxingjun.