上海开埠后,作为自由通商的贸易城市有着充足的人口和雄厚的经济,逐渐成为南方经济文化的中心。同时,随着上海剧场演出条件的不断改善,付给报酬不断提升,促使北方名角纷纷南下,形成了上海戏曲演出的繁荣市场。清光绪二年(1876年),中国第一张近代报纸《申报》首次用“京剧”一词介绍皮黄戏,此时这个新兴剧种已经在上海流传了十个年头。20世纪30年代京剧改良运动在上海掀起高潮,一时名家荟萃、名剧迭出,梅兰 After the opening of Shanghai, as a free trade commercial city with ample population and strong economy, it gradually became the center of the economy and culture of the South. At the same time, with the continuous improvement of Shanghai theater performance conditions, the payment of remuneration has been continuously promoted, prompting the northern fame and fortune to go south one after another and forming a prosperous market for Shanghai opera performances. In the second year of the Guangxu reign (1876), the first modern Chinese newspaper, “Shenbao,” first introduced “Peking Opera” to introduce the Peking opera. At this moment, this emerging opera has been circulating in Shanghai for ten years. The 1930s Peking Opera Reform Campaign in Shanghai set off a climax, sometimes a blend of masters, dramas come out, Mei Lan