本文是以约定俗成的“戏曲”来统称这种历史久远的中国古典戏剧样式,以其作为戏剧文化的总称。戏曲属于民族民间文化的产物,乐是戏曲的文化母体和精神原型。戏剧舞台向观众展现的是一个绚丽的意象世界,表现出中国人的生活情状和普遍的伦理精神;另一方面,更显示出戏曲自身审美特质,以意象的表现与感受为中介,构建出一种独特的表现方式。因此,它曾经是千万中国人的第一娱乐,成为华夏民族的社会生活与情感心理的大写意。 This article is based on the convention of “opera” to collectively refer to this kind of ancient Chinese classical drama with its long history as its general name in drama culture. Opera belongs to the product of national folk culture, music is the cultural motherhood and spiritual prototype of the opera. The dramatic stage shows the audience a gorgeous world of images, showing the Chinese people’s life and universal ethics. On the other hand, it shows the aesthetic qualities of the opera itself and takes the performance and feeling of images as an intermediary to construct a A unique way of expression. Therefore, it was once the first entertainment of tens of millions of Chinese people and became the freehand brushwork of the social life and emotional psychology of the Chinese nation.