汉剧在我国戏剧史上地位十分重要。向北,它直接孕育了京剧,甚至说它是京剧的前身也不为过;向南,它对粤剧、广东汉剧(包括闽西汉剧,亦称“外江戏”)等剧种的形成产生了至关重要的影响。汉剧主要流行于湖北省境内的长江、汉水流域,以及湖南北部如常德,陕西南部如安康、汉中等地。明代文献中记载的“楚调”是其前身,清初又称“楚曲”、“汉 Han drama plays a very important role in the history of Chinese drama. To the north, it directly gave birth to Peking Opera, and even said that it is an ancestor of Peking Opera. To the south, it has formed the operas of Cantonese opera, Cantonese dramas (including Western Han plays in Western Fujian, Have had a crucial impact. Han drama mainly in the Yangtze River in Hubei Province, Han River basin, as well as northern Hunan, such as Changde, southern Shaanxi, such as Ankang, Hanzhong and other places. The records of the Ming Dynasty ”Chu tune “ is its predecessor, also known as the early Qing ”Chu song “, ”Han