最近,北京市京剧工作者联合会举行了筹集福利基金的联合演出,并将所得福利金的绝大部分用来补助京剧界的贫苦艺人,使得七百五十多位生活困难的同行们得以欢度春节。这是解放后京剧公会改组为京联以来,第一次发挥艺人们的团结互助的义举。新中国成立以来,民间职业艺人,在生活上虽然有了根本的改变,但仍没有完全摆脱贫病的威胁,一旦遇到生老病死等事故,便会影响到生活。因此几年来,政府曾经不断地拨款救济,进行个别补助。1956年国务院拨款五百万元,给予全国各地民间职业剧团艺人们以较广泛的补助和救济。这些事实,说明国家对艺人的关怀;在从事大规模经济建设的同时,还适当的照顾了艺人的疾苦。但艺人们也感到依靠政府长期的救济有些于心不安,所以北京京剧艺人继承并发扬传统 Recently, Beijing Peking Opera Workers’ Federation held a joint performance to raise welfare funds, and most of the proceeds were used to subsidize the poor entertainers in the Peking opera industry, enabling over 750 life-hardy colleagues to enjoy Chinese New Year. This is the first time that the Peking Opera Association, after its liberation, was reorganized into the Beijing Union, to give full play to the unity and mutual assistance of artists. Since the founding of new China, non-governmental career artists have not completely escaped the threat of poverty despite having undergone fundamental changes in their lives. Once an accident such as illness or death occurs, their lives will be affected. Therefore, in recent years, the government has continually allocated funds for relief and made individual grants. In 1956, the State Council allocated five million yuan to give a wider range of subsidies and reliefs to non-governmental professional theater troupes throughout the country. These facts show the state’s concern for the artists. While engaging in large-scale economic construction, they have also taken proper care of the sufferings of the artists. However, the artiste also felt uneasy about relying on the government’s long-term remedies, so Beijing Peking Opera artists inherit and carry forward the tradition