宫廷演剧的历史久远,还在戏曲处于雏型期就已经开始了。宫廷演剧的剧场不同于民间的商业化剧场或赛社祭庙式的演出场所,虽然与之有着密切的联系(宫廷剧场的建筑样式受到民间剧场的影响,反过来又促进民间剧场的演变),但其发展仍然是自成体系的。在很长的历史阶段里,宫廷里面虽然设立了专门的戏剧机构,却并未建立专门的剧场,中国戏曲表演对于场地需求的随意性和自由性,使宫廷里的戏剧演出可以一直停留在汉代厅堂庭院演出的 The history of the court drama has been a long time ago and it is still in the early stage of the opera. The theater of the court drama is different from the folk commercial theater or the Xisha Shrine temple, though it is closely related (the court style of the court theater is influenced by the folk theater, which in turn promotes the evolution of the folk theater) , But its development is still self-contained. In the very long historical period, although the court set up a special theater, but did not set up a special theater, the performance of Chinese opera venues for the randomness and freedom, so that the court’s performance can stay in the Han Dynasty Hall courtyard performances