Peking opera
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Peking Opera, China's national opera, combines singing, reciting, dancing, and martial arts, setting standards for music, script, performance, and stage design. The opera features exaggerated styles in costumes, props, and music, with various performer types, schools, and plays contributing to cultural identity and diversity.
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- Peking Opera, China's national opera, originated in the mid-19th century by blending singing, reciting, dancing, and martial arts, with the four great aunt way troops' entry into Beijing in 1790 as a significant milestone.
- Peking Opera emphasizes strict standards for music, script, performance, and stage design, showcasing exaggerated and symbolic styles in costumes, props, and music, with over 30 schools and 3,000 plays still performed, contributing to China's cultural identity and diversity.
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Recent questions
What is Peking Opera?
Traditional Chinese opera with singing, dancing, martial arts.
What are the main performer types in Peking Opera?
Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou.
How are Peking Opera performances accompanied?
Instruments like strings, pipes, percussion.
What are the key elements of Peking Opera?
Music, script, performance, stage design.
How has Peking Opera been passed down through generations?
Oral teaching, formal education, cultural identity.
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Peking Opera: China's Rich Theatrical Tradition
- Peking Opera, China's national opera, emerged in the mid-19th century, blending singing, reciting, dancing, and martial arts, with the four great aunt way troops' entry into Beijing in 1790 marking a milestone.
- The opera has set standards for music, script, performance, and stage design, with performances in various rhythms like Adagio and Allegro, accompanied by instruments such as strings, pipes, and percussion, emphasizing strict rules for libretto composition.
- Peking Opera showcases exaggerated and symbolic styles in costumes, props, and music, featuring four main performer types like shun, than, may, and choke, with over 30 schools and 3,000 plays still performed, passed down through generations via oral teaching and formal education, contributing to cultural identity and diversity.
