不同种类的艺术的形成定有时间先后、定有不相同的内部外部条件。比较美术、乐舞起源之研究,戏剧的起源、尤其是中国戏剧的起源是最不清晰的。一讲到中国戏剧,几乎所有的人眼前便会出现唱做念打具全的近现代戏曲之形影,讲到最早的中国戏剧,专门家的视象也只有角觝、东海黄公等等。我国远古的戏剧究竟萌发于何时?在怎样的条件下才出现的?它出现之始又是何种模样?本文愿试做初步探索。 The formation of different types of art has its own time, there are different internal and external conditions. More art, music and dance origin of the study, the origin of drama, especially the origin of Chinese drama is the most unclear. When it comes to Chinese drama, almost all the people in front of them will sing and read the whole modern drama. When it comes to the earliest Chinese drama, there are only horns in the eyes of specialists and the Yellow Emperor in the East China Sea. When is the ancient drama in our country? When did it appear? Under what conditions did it appear? What kind of appearance did it appear? This article is intended to make a tentative exploration.