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Beijing Opera has hundreds years' history in China, and gradually developed to one of the most representative artistic achievement in China which mixes painting arts, physical arts, singing, rhythm, costume, entertainment, and commercial. Beijing Opera has a big variety of contents, dozens different colorful masks, and abundant of characteristic. Moreover, Beijing Opera also has great geographical diversity, because Beijing Opera is originated from a lot of different areas in ancient China, with time goes by, the differences within several districts became more and more obvious, eventually developed to new branches.
Now days, less and less people still enjoy Beijing Opera, especially young people. They prefer pop music rather traditional and classical operas. I don't watch Beijing Opera neither, because I really can't understand it. The lyrics are ancient Chinese words and they follow the rhythm in old time.
Peking opera or Beijing opera (simplified Chinese: 京剧; traditional Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù) is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China. Major performance troupes are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai in the south. The art form is also preserved in Taiwan, where it is known as Guoju (國劇; pinyin: Guójù). It has also spread to other countries such as the United States and Japan.
Peking Opera Show Liyuan Theater Beijing - Cheapest Discount
http://www.thebeijingguide.com/shows/peking_opera.html
It is the quintessence of Chinese culture. but nowadays, more and more Chinese neglect its importance.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, I can't understand them
DeleteEven though I wouldn't know what the actors would be saying, I've always thought that Chinese opera would be a beautiful spectacle and I would love to see it. The costuming and makeup is so detailed.
ReplyDeleteYep, I don't how can they take hours just for making up
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