《春江花月夜》是一个既容易又困难的戏剧创作选题,诗人张若虚的生平不可考,生卒年亦不详,这给了编剧广阔的创作空间。编剧不必拘泥于史实,然而全无史实可依,也是一大挑战。在看新编昆剧《春江花月夜》(罗周编剧,张军主演)之前,我很害怕会看到一个烂俗的爱情故事。用爱情悲剧来解释这首诗的创作来源,是最方便的一种做法。不出所料,昆剧《春江花月夜》讲了一个爱情故事,然而,却又不是一个我所预料的爱情故事:探花郎张若虚,上元佳节在明月桥头对佳人辛夷一见钟情,却被小鬼错拿,损了三日阳寿。为再见辛夷一面,张若虚在阴间迁延十载,得知已为人妇的辛夷每年在明月 “Moonlight of Spring River” is an easy and difficult topic of drama creation. The poet Zhang Ruoxu’s life can not be tested, and the date of birth and death is also unknown, which gives the screenwriter a vast creative space. Writers do not have to rigidly adhere to the facts, but no historical facts, but also a major challenge. Before looking at the new Kunqu Opera “Moonlight Night in Spring River” (Luo Zhou screenwriter, starring Zhang Jun), I was scared to see a devastating love story. It is most convenient to explain the origin of this poem by tragedy of love. Unsurprisingly, Kun Opera “Spring Jiang Hua Yue Ye” tells a love story, however, but it is not a love story I expected: Detective Lang Zhang Ruoxu, Shang Yuan Festival in the moon bridge on the beauty of Xin Yi love at first sight, , Lost three sun longevity. For the goodbye Magnificent side, Zhang Ruoxu delay in the underworld for ten years, that has been a woman’s magnificent year in the bright moon