山西是戏剧大省,据《山西剧种概说》一书明确记载有52个剧种,加上外来的京剧、评剧、豫剧和曲剧,则有56个剧种。~①然而,随着时代的飞速发展,山西的剧种在迅速地消失。2005年出版的《全国剧种剧团现状调查报告集》中,统计山西有专业剧团的剧种28 Shanxi is a major province of drama. According to the “Outline of Shanxi Opera,” there are 52 operas clearly recorded in the book. In addition, there are 56 operas in addition to the Peking Opera, Pingju, Yuju and Qu opera. However, with the rapid development of the times, the operas of Shanxi are rapidly disappearing. In 2005, the “National Theater Troupe Survey Report Collection”, the statistics of Shanxi opera troupe 28