西南地区阳戏剧目题材类型述要

On the Types of Yang Opera in Southwest China

阳戏主要流布于我国西南地区,上演的剧目主要有祭祀仪式戏、世俗戏和仪式世俗混合戏三种基本类型。仪式性阳戏演出旨在实现驱鬼逐疫、祈福庆丰、酬神还愿的祭祀功能;仪式世俗混合性阳戏是在仪式程序的框架内演出世俗内容;世俗性阳戏包括历史演义、家庭生活、婚姻爱情、社会生活、民间传说等题材,表演旨趣侧重展示戏剧的艺术审美。阳戏的三种形态反映了传统戏剧发展的基本线索。

Mainly situated in the southwest China, Yang opera give performances consisting of sacrifice ceremony opera, secular opera, and ceremony and secular mixed opera. The goal of ceremony opera is to drive out ghost as well as illness and to pray for harvest and to thank god. Ceremony and secular mixed opera is to perform the secular performance within the ceremony framework. Secular opera includes history legends, family stories, love stories, social stories, and folks. The three types of Yang Opera represent the basic clue for the development of traditional opera.