Jade Hairpin Under The Perspective Of Kunqu Opera

“Chen Miaochang” story source came from the folklore between the Song and Yuandynasty. When it entered in the literature domain, it received writer’s attentioncontinuously, and it had been reorganized for literary styles such as Zaju and novel. GaoLian, who lived in Ming dynasty, broke through the predecessor pattern and used thecomedy form reorganized it to “The Jade Hairpin”, which is known as one of the “top tenclassical comedies of China”. Gao Lian has poured the counter-religious idea aboutBuddhist monastic rules and the feudal Confucianism into “The Jade Hairpin” whichcolored the traditional story with genius and beauty.The thought value and comedy art which “The Jade Hairpin” has causes it to becomeone of the most outstanding works in the development phase of the opera. The characterimage of the heroine Chen Miaochang has undergone the evolution of Zaju and Drama,and then it has been given a new feature in this work. The value of “The Jade Hairpin” isnot only reflected in the text but also reflected in the performance on the stage. From thelate Ming dynasty and the early Qing dynasty to the Republic, the performers of Kunquopera had played many pieces of “The Jade Hairpin”, such as "Repartee of the Zithers”,"Visiting the Sick","Stealing the Poem","The lovers Farewell" and other excerpts verywell. These ancient Kunqu Opera performers had tried their best to advance these excerpts,and to make these excerpts classical.In the past fifty years, the performances of "The Jade Hairpin" have been very popular.They were continually restaged or rewritten by theaters such as The Kun Opera Theater ofJiangsu Province, Shanghai Kunqu Opera and Suzhou kunqu Opera Theater.What theyhad done give “The Jade Hairpin” a new vitality In the new century, a new version of "TheJade Hairpin" is created by Bai xianyong. It allows us to see the charm of Kunqu Operaand a new A esthetics of Kunqu opera.