Research And Discuss Of Tang Dynasty"Canjun" Drama

The Canjun drama, a very typical type of drama in the drama history of our country, was originated from Han Dynasty, but was extremely prevalent in the Tang Dynasty. In my paper, based on the materials of "Tang Xi’nong" written by Mr. Ren Bantang, combined with "New version of the Tang Dynasty’s history books","Old version of the Tang Dynasty’s history books","Tang Huiyao","Tong Dian","Yue Shu"I want to find out its origin,contents and Artistic characteristics of the Tang Dynasty.However, from the present research materials, we find that attention paid by researchers for the Canjun Drama in the Tang Dynasty is not as much as that for the Canjun Drama in the Song Dynasty. Moreover, there are disputations among these limited number of research materials.First, many researchers believe that the Canjun Drama in Tang Dynasty cannot be considered to be a real type of drama, because it is not accompanied with music or dance, and does not have any plots. From this point of view, we examine its relation to "Hu Bu" and"Hu Yue", as well as its characteristic of dance movement in this paper. By careful demonstration and analysis, we conclude that the Canjun Drama belongs to "Hu Bu", possesses musical element, may accompanied with dancing poses during performance, but is not necessarily related to "Hu Yue".Second, referring "You Yulu" and "You Yuji", based on sorting out some materials of Canjun drama in the Tang dynasty, my paper analyzes its artistic features, which involves in the contents, the roles and the writers. Canjun drama can be divided into three types, which are "Nong Jiaguan","Can Junchun"and "Lu Canjun". Its forms are varieties and its contents are always colorful. The content not only satirizes current events, but also includes ethics family life. The performance of Canjunxi is not played at random. It is certainly that the scripts should be exist in certain time.Finally, by examining the "You Ling" and the transition of the politic and history in the Tang Dynasty, we analyzes the reason why the three formulas of the Canjun Dynasty was reduced to only one, the "Nong Jiaguan", during its development in the Song Dynasty.