一、水运商路中的苏州地区戏曲在人类文化生活中,地理环境、经济环境与文化环境素来有着密切的关系。这里从“水路——商路——戏路”的相互联系去说明当时戏曲的生存环境,就是为了说明一种艺术活动的存在及其发展,在很大程度上受约于地理、经济这类人文因素的影响。从某种意义上讲,苏州文明可称为“水域文明”。 First, the waterway business in Suzhou opera in the cultural life of mankind, geographical environment, economic environment and cultural environment has always had a close relationship. Here from the “waterway - Business Road - Opera Road,” the interrelationship to explain the living environment of the drama at that time, is to illustrate the existence of an artistic activity and its development, to a large extent subject to human geography, economy The impact of factors. In a sense, Suzhou civilization can be called “water civilization.”