a Comprehensive Research on Folk-Theatre in Modern North China

本研究是对近代北方民间戏剧的综合研究，是对京剧或京戏、皮影戏的整体研究。1.在阐明大城市多样性支撑下的戏剧境遇与关系的基础上，研究了民国时期至今的京剧境遇，理清了“国剧”概念的变迁，2.为阐明大城市、中城市和乡村之间的文化交流网络，通过与地方研究机构的学术交流和对山西、陕西皮影老艺人的采访，我们收集了大量资料，并对这些地区皮影戏的实际情况、分布范围、演出条件和经济背景进行了调查。并对这些资料进行了整理，列出了北京、山西等地研究机构所拥有的唱词目录。3.在戏说故事的流传与接受情况方面，通过调查，考察了《西游记》、《西游记》故事剧本的制作过程和流传情况，并对戏说故事的传播过程进行了分析。通过以上的研究，我们达到了考察民国时期皮影戏与京剧在中国的实际情况的目的。

This research is the Comprehensive study on folk theatre in modern north China overall research on Peking Opera or Jingju and Chinese Shadow Play.1.On the elucidation of circumstances and relationship of play supported by the diversity of large city, we researched the circumstances of Peking Opera from Republican period till now, clearized on the transition of the concept on "National Opera", and making investigation and digitalization of the newspaper material completed the elemental database of Peking Opera.2.For the elucidation of the cultural exchanges network between larger cities, middle cities and villages, we collected large quantities of materials through academic exchanges with local research institutes and interviews of old players of shadow play in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and investigated the actual situation, distribution sphere, playing condition and economic background of shadow play in these areas. And we put these materials in order and made the list of libretto owned by research institutes in Peking and Shanxi. We also made field surveys and reported on temples as playing spot of these plays in Peking, Shanxi, Jiangsu and Hubei.3.On the circumstances of circulations and acceptations of tales by playing, based on our survey, we researched the making process of libretto and spreading of tales taking up the story of Xiyouji or Journey to the West, and proved the spread of shadow play in Hebei and Manchuria to be made in 19 century.Through above researches, we accomplished our purpose the investigation of the actual conditions shadow play and Peking Opera in Republican period in China.