子弟书演唱流变考论

Research on the Changing of Zidishu Singing

在清代京师各种说唱艺术都相当繁荣的发展环境中,子弟书的演唱经历了书斋—书社—节会—书场—瞽人演唱的发展和流变,是一个逐渐兴盛起来,而后又走向衰落的过程。子弟书的演唱在书斋中是八旗子弟的情致,在书社中是他们的修养,在节会中是他们的骄傲,在书场中是他们的尊严。子弟书的演唱是在八旗群体内部和京师市民社会两个领域中展开的。

In the quite prosperous and developing environment of various kinds of rap art of Beijing in Qing Dynasty,the singing of Zidishu,which experienced the development and changing from the study,the book clubs,the book festival,the story-telling houses to the blind’s singing,was the process from the gradual thriving then to the final decline.The singing of Zidishu embodied the Eight Flags Youths’affection in the study,their art cultivation in the book clubs,their pride in the book festival,their dignity in the story-telling houses.It was carried out in the groups of Eight Flags Youth and the ordinary citizens in Beijing.