古代戏曲是文学、音乐、舞蹈的艺术综合,也是古代各民族文化融合的艺术结晶。十六国北朝时期集中出现的一批古剧,促进了唐代古剧的繁荣,形成了以参军戏为标志的主流艺术,从而加快了古代戏曲形成的艺术进程,为古代戏曲的正式形成,做出了巨大的艺术贡献。十六国北朝是古代各民族文化融合的重要时期,古剧艺术的集中兴起,得力于各民族文化融合这一历史契机,仅靠中原传统文化的自身发展,只能限制古代戏曲形成的艺术进程。
Ancient opera is the artistic integration of literature,music and dance,and is also the artistic result of the cultural merge between all nationalities in ancient times.During the Northern Dynasty in the Sixteen Kingdoms Period,there appeared a profusion of ancient opera works,which promoted the prosperity of ancient operas in Tang Dynasty,forming a main stream performing art symbolized by army joining dramas.Their appearance quickened the artistic process of the formation of ancient operas,and made great artistic contribution to the formal formation of ancient operas.The Northern Dynasty in the Sixteen Kingdoms Period is an important period for the cultural merge of ancient nationalities.The rising of the ancient operas in concentrated manner was benefited from the historic moment of cultural merge.It would have been a restraint to the formation of ancient operas if the artistic process had only relied on the development of traditional culture in the central area of China.