中国戏剧与世界各国的戏剧一样,是从乡村祭祀产生出来的。祭祀戏剧经过历史时间的推移然后才进化、上升为观赏性戏剧,中国戏剧便经历了从祭祀仪式演进为宋元观赏性戏剧的历史进程,这一说法有文献的依据,而且符合科学的普遍逻辑。宋元时期,北方戏剧比南方戏剧更富有祭祀性。王国维视元杂剧为一代之文学,就是因为他重视悲剧,而元杂剧的悲剧性之所以产生,则需从当时镇魂祭祀的环境 Chinese dramas, like the dramas of other countries in the world, are derived from rural sacrifices. After the passage of historical time, sacrificial drama evolved into an ornamental drama, and the Chinese drama went through the historical process of evolving from ritual to Song and Yuan Dynasties. This theory is based on the literature and is in line with the general logic of science . In the Song and Yuan dynasties, northern drama was more sacrificial than southern drama. Wang Guowei's Ziyuan drama as a generation of literature is precisely because he attaches great importance to the tragedy, while the tragedy of the Yuan drama arises from the sacrificial offering environment