Yangzhou Salt Merchant Seven Great Interior Bands

During Ming and Qing Dynasty,the mode of Chinese Economy was changing,and there apppeared many more businessmen,who came into being strong supportors of the dramatical development. .As Qian Long Emperor's six visitings of Yangzhou greatly stimulated its economical development,which aslo gave drama a favorite stage,and also in this background,Yangzhou Salt Merchants Seven Great Interior Bands came into being.and so they became a special flower in this dramatical world. This article mainly focuses on the Seven Great Interior Bands of Yangzhou Salt Merchant,discussing and analysising the characteristics of this special dramatic group. The whole article can be divided into three chapters.Chapter one is mainly about the conditions of dramain Yangzhou,ie.the special conditions for Yangzhou Salt Merchant,Seven Great Interior Bands.The first is about the traditional and cultural environment;the second is,from the economical angel to tell the contributions given by Yangzhou Salt Merchant to Seven Great Interior Bands;the third is to describe Yangzhou Drama's political opportunity. Chapter 2 focuses on and researches Yangzhou Salt Merchants Seven Great Interior Bands.The very detail will go from the monitor,actors and actresses,art types,the programme itself,functions and characteristics of this group;we are going to select Jiang Chun family band of Seven Great Interior Bands as a sample to do the more concrete studying. Chapter 3, to make the final conclusion, Yangzhou Salt Merchants Seven Great Interior Bands are the most important and the very unique and special one of merchant family bands,and the differentials between literary family bands and professional dramatic bands.and also to tell the great significance that Yangzhou Salt Merchant Seven Great Interior Band has already made in the performance history of Kunqu Opera even since.