Modern Media Studies
MMS, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2026, pp.34-45.
Print ISSN: 3078-3151; Online ISSN: 3104-5049
Journal homepage: https://www.mmsjournal.com
DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/mms260104mtoic
——以先锋昆曲为中心考察
黄婉华（Huang Wanhua），张连桥（Zhang Lianqiao）
摘要：昆曲，作为人类口头和非物质遗产的代表作，承载着深厚的中华传统文化艺术底蕴。在新世纪全球化浪潮与媒介革新的双重语境下，先锋昆曲以先锋化探索为核心，秉持“传统内核+现代表达”的核心逻辑，从剧目改编、表演形式创新、现代媒介融合、文创产品开发四大维度，系统性推进传统艺术的现代转化与活态传承。与此同时，先锋昆曲的海外影响力持续拓展，海外演出频次稳步递增，其新型演绎形式既牢牢扎根中华传统文化根脉，又融入鲜明的先锋实验特质，借助跨文化交流场景实现艺术价值的跨界传递。《牡丹亭》《浮生六记》等多部经典剧目，经多元化改编与现代表达重构，在坚守艺术本真与突破创新边界的动态平衡中，打破地域与文化隔阂，彰显出传统戏曲跨越时空的永恒生命力。作为跨文化对话的重要艺术载体，先锋昆曲以其独特的艺术形态引发全球范围内广泛的情感共鸣与审美认同，不仅为我国传统戏曲的活态传承与国际化传播提供了可借鉴的实践经验，更深刻揭示了跨文化改编中坚守文化根脉、适配国际表达的核心命题，为中外艺术的深度交流与融合注入了持久动力。
关键词：昆曲；现代转化；海外传播；媒介融合；跨文化对话
作者简介：黄婉华，广州大学人文学院硕士研究生，研究方向：学科教学（语文）。电
邮：2670057823@qq.com。张连桥（通讯作者），广州大学人文学院教授，博士生导师，研究方向：比较文学与世界文学、跨文化研究。电邮：zhanglianqiao@gzhu.edu.cn。
Title: Modern Transformation and Overseas Influence of Kunqu Opera Since the New Century: A Research Centered on Avant-Garde Kunqu
Abstract: Kunqu Opera, as a representative work of intangible cultural heritage of humanity, carries profound traditional Chinese cultural and artistic heritage. In the context of the new century’s globalization and media revolution, avant-garde Kunqu Opera, with its core of avant-garde exploration, adheres to the core logic of “traditional essence + modern expression”, systematically promoting the modern transformation and dynamic inheritance of traditional art from four dimensions: adaptation of plays, innovation in performance forms, integration with modern media, and development of cultural and creative products. At the same time, the overseas influence of avant-garde Kunqu Opera continues to expand, with the frequency of overseas performances steadily increasing. Its new forms of interpretation are deeply rooted in the roots of traditional Chinese culture while integrating distinct avant-garde experimental characteristics, achieving cross-border transmission of artistic value through cross-cultural exchange scenarios. Many classic plays such as “The Peony Pavilion” and “Six Records of a Floating Life”, after diversified adaptations and modern expression reconstructions, break through geographical and cultural barriers in the dynamic balance of adhering to artistic authenticity and breaking through the boundaries of innovation, demonstrating the eternal vitality of traditional opera across time and space. As an important artistic carrier for cross-cultural dialogue, avant-garde Kunqu Opera, with its unique artistic form, has sparked widespread emotional resonance and aesthetic recognition globally. It not only provides practical experience for the dynamic inheritance and international dissemination of traditional Chinese opera but also profoundly reveals the core proposition of adhering to cultural roots and adapting to international expression in cross-cultural adaptations, injecting lasting impetus into the in-depth exchange and integration of Chinese and foreign arts.
Keywords: Kunqu Opera; Modern Transformation; Overseas Dissemination; Media Convergence; Cross-cultural Dialogue
Author Biographies: Huang Wanhua, Master’s student at the School of Humanities, Guangzhou University. Research interests: Subject Teaching (Chinese). E-mail: 2670057823@qq.com. Zhang Lianqiao (Corresponding Author), Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Humanities, Guangzhou University. Research interests: Comparative Literature and World Literature, Intercultural Studies. E-mail: zhanglianqiao@gzhu.edu.cn.
Received: 08 Mar 2026 / Revised: 23 Apr 2026 / Accepted: 28 Apr 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.
