It includes detailed and affluent cultural historical data,especially abundant historical data of traditional opera which can illustrate the performance of traditional opera culture as a popular art form and its influence on people s life.

From the origin and meaning of the concept of drama and theatre,this article straightens out both the Chinese and foreign theatre history,analyzes the difference between them and brings forward the difficulty in the historiography of theatre.

‘Yuan drama four great master’ was Yuan Dynasty drama history concept,but it isn’s widely accepted and recognized in Chinese drama history.