“帝女花”,原是菊花的别称,但现在人们所了解的“帝女花”更多是指关于明代最后的公主长平公主的故事。“帝女花”的故事经历了从历史事件到传奇再到粤剧的转变,在这个演变的过程中,我们可以发现每个阶段的出现都有着深刻的社会原因，与当时的各种社会因素密切相关，同时亦与创作者的自身状况及需求有着莫大的关系。传奇《帝女花》的出现，得益于明清两代对俗文学相对宽松的政治文化环境和繁荣的经济环境，同时亦与清朝文人对明朝思念的反映有关。而粤剧《帝女花》的出现则与粤剧的传统与革新相关,是粤剧传统民族意识和斗争精神与20世纪50年代香港粤剧寻求创新的产物。本文即试图透过分析这些影响“帝女花”从历史事件到文学文本的演变因素，对“帝女花”故事的传播背景作一个深入的探讨。

“Princess Chang Ping”, is chrysanthemum's alternate name, now but the people understood “Princess Chang Ping” more refers to about the story of Ming Dynasty final princess “Princess Chang Ping”. Princess Chang Ping” the story experienced from the historical event to the legend again to the transformation of Guangdong opera, in this evolution's process, we may detect that each phase the appearance has the profound social factor. Simultaneously also has the greatest relations with creator's own condition and demand. The legendary "Princess Chang Ping" appearance benefited from Ming, Qing to the conventional literature relatively loose politics culture conditions and prosperous economic environment, simultaneously also the feedback which misses to Ming Dynasty concerns with the Qing Dynasty writer. But the Guangdong opera "Princess Chang Ping" appearance is related with Guangdong opera's tradition and innovation, was the Guangdong opera traditional national consciousness and struggle spirit and 1950s Hong Kong. This article attempts by analyzing these influences “Princess Chang Ping” from the historical event to the literature text evolution factor, right “Princess Chang Ping” the story propagation background makes a thorough discussion.