Chinese-Peking-Opera

ChinesePekingOperaOriginsPekingoperaorBeijingoperaisaformoftraditionalChinesetheatrewhichcombinesmusic,vocalperformance,mime,danceandacrobatics.Pekingoperawasbornwhenthe'FourGreatAnhuiTroupes'broughtAnhuiopera,orwhatisnowcalledHuiju,toBeijingin1790,forthebirthdayoftheQianlongEmperor.Itisgenerallyregardedashavingfullyformedby1845.AlthoughitiscalledPekingopera(Beijingtheatrestyle),itsoriginsareinthesouthernAnhuiandeasternHubei.Amongthemorethan360ancientlocaloperasinChina,PekingOperaisknownasChina’snationalopera,despiteitscomparativelyyoung200-yearhistory.Chinesetraditionaloperaisconsideredoneoftheworld'sthreeancientoperas,togetherwithGreektragedyandcomedy,andIndianSanskritopera.GemFourmaintypesofperformersSpeechsongdancecombatFourrolesTheSheng(生)isthemainmaleroleinPekingopera.Thisrolehasnumeroussubtypes.laosheng(includinghongsheng),xiaosheng,wusheng,wawasheng.Onetypeoflaoshengroleisthehongsheng,ared-facedoldermale.eg.GuanYuYoungmalecharactersareknownasxiaoshengThewushengisamartialcharacterforrolesinvolvingcombat.Thewawashengisplayingaroleofchildren.FourrolesTheDan(旦)referstoanyfemaleroleinPekingopera.Danroleswereoriginallydividedintofivesubtypes.Laodan,wudan,daomadan,qingyi,huadan.FourrolesTheJing(净)isapaintedfacemalerole.ThreemaintypesofJingrolesareoftenseen.Theseincludetongchui,rolesthatheavilyinvolvesinging,jiazi,roleswithlessemphasisonsingingandmoreonphysicalperformance,andwujing,martialandacrobaticroles.FourrolesTheChou(丑)isamaleclownrole.TheChouusuallyplayssecondaryrolesinatroupe.ChourolescanbedividedintoWenChou,civilianrolessuchasmerchantsandjailers,andWuChou,minormilitaryroles.MeiLanfang1894～1961Oneofthemostfamousartists.MeiLanfangperformedacrosstheUnitedStatesin1930s,receivinghonorarydegreesfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaandPomonaCollege.OneofMeiLanfang'smostimportantcontributionstoPekingoperawasinpioneeringasixthtypeofrole,thehuadan.Maininstruments二胡单皮鼓笛erhufiddle京胡BambooflutedrumCostumesDuetothescarcityofpropsinPekingopera,costumestakeonaddedimportance.Costumesfunctionfirsttodistinguishtherankofthecharacterbeingplayed.eg.Emperorsandtheirfamilieswearyellowrobes,andhigh-rankingofficialswearpurple.CostumesPekingoperaaroundtheworldNowdayspekingoperahasspreadtomanyothercountries,includingeasternandwesterncountries.Theproject-TransmittingChineseOperatotheGlobalStage-aimstotranslateaboutahundredChineseoperasintoEnglish.AndthenteachPekingOperatoforeignstudentsstudyinginChina,aswellasprovideSymphonicPekingOperatourperformancesoverseas.PekingOpera-stylebikinisSexymodelswearingPekingOpera-stylebikinisatthe37thMissBikiniInternationalpageanthavestunnedmanyviewers,andcausedquiteastiramongChinesenetizens.SupportershailitasaninnovativemovetocarryforwardChinesetheatreculture,whileopponentsconsideritaninsulttoChinesetraditions.YESNOWhat’syouropiniononthemixedshow???YESThankyou!