地方戏的艺术本体和表演特色来自某种特定的文化生态,“生态保护”是地方戏生存和发展的重要课题。我们注意到,在有些地方生存的剧种尽管古老,但至今却仍然充满生机。比如福建泉州的梨园戏,时有新作令人欣喜;还比如早就步入“濒危”的昆曲,在江苏苏州也不乏活力。既往有一种看法,认为越是闭塞的地方越容易保存“文化传统”的纯粹性。这种看法当然有一定的道理。但实际上苏州和泉州郜不闭塞,前者是国际大都市上海的后花园,后者更是历史上著名的对外开放的门户——“海上丝路”的重要港埠。 Local opera’s artistic style and performing characteristics come from a specific cultural ecology. “Ecological protection” is an important issue for the survival and development of local opera. We have noticed that the operas that survive in some places are still alive to this day, though they are ancient. Such as the pear orchard opera in Quanzhou, Fujian, when the new work is very gratifying; also, for example, has long been into the “endangered” Kunqu Opera in Suzhou, Jiangsu is also full of vitality. In the past there was a perception that the more occluded the easier it was to preserve the purity of “cultural traditions.” Of course, this view has some truth. However, in fact, Suzhou and Quanzhou are not blocked. The former is the back garden of the cosmopolitan Shanghai. The latter is even more an important port for opening up to the outside world in history.