戏曲与皮影戏、傀儡戏关系论

On the Relations among Chinese Opera, Shadow Play and Puppetry

戏曲、傀儡戏、皮影戏三者犹如三根巨柱托起中国古典戏剧的大厦。三者虽然起源不同,艺术特色各异。在长久的历史发展演变过程中,虽然互有借鉴与交融,并在互相影响中发生某些变异,但是就整体而言,迄今仍然恪守各自的艺术特征而独立生存。本文从三者不同的起源为始,进而从艺术特性上讨论三者的迥异之处,以及在互相交流中,何以能够维系其艺术生命而不致消亡。本文从东方各国宏观的视域中去讨论问题。

Chinese opera, shadow play and puppetry are three giant pillars holding up the edifice of classical Chinese drama. Although the three have different origins and artistic characteristics,they have borrowed from each other and intermingled in their course of historical development and evolution, with certain mutations through mutual influence. On the whole, they still adhered to their respective artistic characteristics and survived independently. The different origins of the three are discussed, followed by the differences in their artistic characteristics and the ways they have maintained their artistic life without dying out through mutual exchanges. The comparative study is kept in a macroscopic perspective of the Eastern countries.