我们先来看这幅图,画的是乾隆为崇庆皇太后祝寿的万寿盛典,当时的北京城到处建了很多经棚戏台,戏台上大部分演的是昆曲,可以说此时的北京城是一座“昆曲之城”。而这幅图也可以当做“北京与昆曲”的一个象征。在清代康熙年间的一部小说里有一幅插图,画的是一个吹笛子人的形象,是一个明代晚期的伶人,我为什么要拿出这幅画?因为我觉得这本小说非常有趣地展现了明朝末年北方的昆曲状况。这个画中人是谁?让我们先从这部小说说起。小说叫做《梼杌 We first look at this picture, the painting is the Qianlong Emperor Chongqing Empress Dowager Wanshou Festival, Beijing was built around a lot of studio stage, the stage most of the performances are Kunqu opera, it can be said that Beijing Is a “city of Kunqu”. This picture can also be used as a symbol of “Beijing and Kunqu”. There was an illustration in a novel of the reign of Kangxi during the Qing dynasty, which depicted a piper-like figure who was a late Ming dynasty. Why should I come up with this picture? Because I think this novel is very interesting to show The northern end of the Ming Dynasty Kunqu Opera situation. Who is this painting? Let us start with this novel. The novel is called "梼 杌