在中国,戏剧、艺能上的舞台和剧场的发生,经历了育形、现形、成形三个阶段。最早用来表演音乐歌舞的场所,是一种既高且广的平台和祭祀用的坛蝉。但这平台和坛蝉并不专门演出歌舞,它还有其他的诸如望氛祥、祭天神和祖先等用途。待将艺能舞台从这两种台子中分离出来,创建勾栏乐棚、神庙舞楼,已经是北宋中叶的事情 In China, the stage and theatrical performances in drama and art are undergoing three stages of birth, formation and formation. The earliest used to perform music and dance places, is a kind of high and wide platform and sacrificial offer altar. However, this platform and altar do not specialize in singing and dancing, as well as other uses such as looking at the atmosphere, worshiping the gods and ancestors. To be able to stage art from the two sets of table separation, to create hook music shed, temple dance floor, is already the mid-Northern Song things