戏曲是什么?说是舞蹈化的歌唱、歌唱时的舞蹈也好,边唱边舞、亦歌亦舞也罢,都有失偏颇。因为它仅仅道出了戏曲外在的表演样式,却忽略了戏曲表演内在的本质特征,尤其是就地方小戏曲而言。可以说,正是由于地方小戏曲的林林总总,才有传统戏曲的异彩纷呈。或者说,传统戏曲所以异彩纷呈,正是由于地方小戏各具鲜活的“三性”特征。这“三性”就是:通俗性、民俗性、开放性。 What is a drama? Said to be a dance of singing, singing, singing or dancing, singing while dancing, singing is also worth mentioning, are biased. Because it only shows the external performance style of the opera, it neglects the inherent essential characteristics of the performance of the opera, especially in terms of local opera. It can be said that it is precisely because of the small local drama everywhere, there are colorful traditional drama. In other words, the traditional drama so colorful, precisely because of local play each with a vivid “three” characteristics. This “three” is: popular, folk, open.