Song and Yuan theaters can be roughly divided into three categories.

Song and Yuan theaters can be roughly divided into three types: temple theater, church theater, washe theater and Goulan theater.

1. Temple Theater.

is a large theater built during the Roman Empire, located in the east of the Greek Square in the center of Rome, Italy. It was built in about 15 AD and became one of the largest and most magnificent theaters at that time. The Temple Theater can accommodate about 15, spectators, with three floors, 8 entrances, 57 corridors and a circular stage up to 35 meters.

2. Church Theatre and Washe.

Tanghui Theater and Washe are representative forms of ancient wooden buildings in China, especially in southern China. Tanghui Theater refers to those large-scale buildings that are used by non-governmental organizations to hold theatrical performances such as opera, music and acrobatics, and activities such as religion, Taoism and Buddhism, while Washe refers to a building similar to the eaves, which is mainly used as a stage and a place for hanging performance props.

3. Goulan Theater.

is one of the origins of Pingju, one of the four major Quyi in China, and it is also one of the most famous cultural heritages in the history of China Quyi. Goulan Theater originated from Goulan Town, Yichuan County, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It was built in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It is an ancient theater built with brick and wood structures, and it is also one of the largest and most well-preserved ancient Pingju theaters in China.

Overview of the Opera in Song and Yuan Dynasties:

In Song and Yuan Dynasties, China Opera entered a brand-new stage of development. The combination of the appearance of Goulan Washe and the prosperity of folk folk art made the opera realize the synthesis of various stage means of rap, singing, dancing and story-playing, and the mature comprehensive stage art form of opera officially appeared in the art history of China.

Great changes have taken place in the social life of China in the Song Dynasty. The active commodity economy promoted the development of commercial transportation network and the prosperity of the city. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing quickly gathered more than one million people because of its geographical location as an amphibious metropolis and the political reasons for the Northern Song Dynasty to build its capital here, and became a consumer city with a highly developed urban economic level and trade exchange conditions.

The prosperity of the commercial market requires the reform of the urban system, so the urban square system in the Tang Dynasty suffered a devastating impact, which led to the rise of street recreation and the popularization of popular culture. The temptation of the prosperous real life paradise for people has changed the psychology of the whole society. From the emperor down to the common people, they are all addicted to the pursuit of worldly material enjoyment and worldly happiness.