一、“新城戏”历史及现状概述满族新城戏于20世纪60年代初期诞生于吉林省扶余县,它是以当地流传久远的满族说唱艺术——八角鼓音乐为主体而发展起来的一个新兴的少数民族地方剧种。八角鼓实际是满族在清代广为使用最有特色的一种膜鸣打击乐器,因是八角形状故而得名。多用于演唱伴奏和歌舞表演,后来人们便把用八角鼓伴奏的曲艺形式称为“八角鼓”。 I. Overview of History and Current Situation of “New Town Theater” Manchu New Town Theater was born in Fuyu County, Jilin Province in the early 1960s. It was developed on the basis of the octagonal drum music, Emerging ethnic minority local operas. Octagonal drum Manchu is actually widely used in the Qing Dynasty, the most distinctive kind of membrane-percussion instruments, the octagonal shape is named. Used for singing accompaniment and song and dance performances, people later put the octagonal accompaniment of folk art called “octagonal drums.”