党的十七大指出,推进社会主义新农村建设,是加快推进全面建设高水平小康社会的重要内容。在新形势下,大力开展“文化下乡”活动,对于提高广大农民群众思想道德素质、科学文化素质、健康素质,发展农村社会事业,丰富和活跃农民文化生活具有重要意义。“送戏下乡”就是“文化下乡”的具体体现。 The 17th CPC National Congress pointed out that advancing the construction of a new socialist countryside is an important part of accelerating the construction of an overall well-to-do society of a high standard. In the new situation, the vigorous launch of “cultural countryside” activities is of great significance to enhancing the ideological and ethical standards, scientific and cultural qualities, health quality, developing rural social undertakings, and enriching and enlivening the peasants’ cultural life of the broad masses of peasants. “Games to the countryside ” is “Culture to the countryside ” a concrete manifestation.