山西有“中国戏曲的摇篮”之称。早在汉代,山西就出现了戏曲萌芽;北宋年间,山西各地到处活跃着诸如滑稽戏、影戏、歌舞戏、百戏、技艺戏等各种土戏,这些土戏在当时已是中国戏曲的 Shanxi has “cradle of Chinese opera ” said. As early as the Han dynasty, there appeared opera buds in Shanxi. During the Northern Song Dynasty, various local operas such as funny show, film play, song and dance play, 100 play and art play were active everywhere in Shanxi. These local operas were Chinese opera at that time