摘要：锡剧是江苏省主要剧种之一，于太平天国前后由无锡滩簧和常州滩簧合并而成，距今有近二百年的历史。作为一个地方小戏剧种锡剧有其浓郁的地方特色。笔者以江苏宜兴地区的锡剧这一个案区域为例，对实地调查之一手资料进行分析研究，结合前人已有之研究成果，并以音乐学理论方法为基础，结合社会学、文化学、民俗学等相关学科知识，对该个案地区锡剧的生存现状作一尝试性的考探，并在此基础上进一步分析其自身的艺术特点，当代锡剧有一崭新的了解与认知。

关键词：锡剧；生存现状；艺术特点

Abstract:The traditional Chinese opera in Jiangsu province is the main drama, Yu Taiping kingdom by Wuxi tanhuang and Changzhou tanhuang before and after the merger, which has nearly two hundred years of history. As a local opera drama, traditional Chinese opera has its strong local characteristics. Taking the Jiangsu Yixing area a case study of the traditional Chinese opera region as an example, on the one hand data of field survey analysis, combined with previous research results, and music theory as the basis, combined with sociology, science of culture, folklore and other related fields of knowledge, to the case in Wuxi opera survival situation make a try the exploration, and on the basis of further analysis of its own characteristics of art, contemporary traditional Chinese opera has a new understanding and cognition.

Key words：Wuxi opera；Survival situation；Artistic characteristics

　　就目前研究成果来看，对锡剧在宜兴地区的生存现状及其艺术特点的研究成果较少，这不仅是该领域的缺失，更加是对地方剧种研究的忽视，这无疑是该领域的薄落之处，而在笔者看来对于锡剧的研究是非常具有意义的。故，笔者以江苏宜兴地区的锡剧这一个案区域为例，对实地调查之一手资料进行分析研究，结合前人已有之研究成果，并以音乐学理论方法为基础，结合社会学、文化学、民俗学等相关学科知识，对该个案地区锡剧的生存现状作一尝试性的考探，并在此基础上进一步分析其自身的艺术特点，当代锡剧有一崭新的了解与认知。