“鱼龙曼衍之戏”刍议

A Study of "Yu Long Man Yan"

鱼龙曼延是百戏的一种,源于西汉武帝时期,经丝绸之路传至中原,主要以象人表演,杂技和西方幻术为主要表演形式。历朝历代把鱼龙曼延作为宴请西域诸国和各北方少数民族的保留节目,这种表演形式随着各朝皇帝的喜恶或风靡或禁止。传至辽朝时期,因为契丹人特殊的佛教崇拜情结和科举制度的影响而再次盛行。

Yu Long Man Yan is one of the hundred operas,which originated from the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty and spread to the Central Plains via the Silk Road.Its main forms of performance are elephant man performance,acrobatics and western magic.Yu Long Man Yan was used as a reservation program to entertain various countries in the Western Regions and various ethnic minorities in the North in all dynasties.This kind of performance was popular or banned with the likes and dislikes of emperors in all dynasties.It was spread to Liao Dynasty and became popular again due to the special Buddhist worship complex of Khitan people and the influence of imperial examination system.