Why was Peking Opera originally called Pihuang Opera?

Pihuang Opera is a kind of opera with two different accents: Xipi and Huanger. Huanger Opera originated in Jiangxi and Anhui in the south and spread to Hubei. Later, it was combined with Xipi Opera popular in the north to become an independent drama, so it was called Pihuang Opera, formerly known as Huanger Opera.

The predecessor of Beijing Opera is Anhui Opera, Han Opera, Kunqu Opera, Shaanxi Opera and Beijing Opera, and it is influenced by folk songs. In particular, the vocal cavity of Anhui opera and Han opera has the greatest influence on the formation of Beijing opera.

Huang Er (Spring) is one of the main vocal chords of Hui Opera, while Xipi and Huanger (Spring) are the main vocal chords of Han Opera, and they are the ensemble of Pi and Chun. During the Daoguang period, with the performance of Hui Opera and Han Opera in Beijing, Xipi and (Spring) tune further merged and developed rapidly, forming a rich melody and a complete plate.

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Artistic feature

Through the long-term stage practice of countless artists, the stage art of Peking Opera has formed a set of standardized and standardized programs, which restrict and complement each other in literature, performance, music, singing, gongs and drums, makeup and facial makeup. As an artistic means to create a stage image, it is very rich and its usage is very strict. If you can't master these programs, you can't complete the creation of Beijing opera stage art.

affect

China sent Beijing Opera Troupe to visit and perform all over the world, among which Mei Lanfang visited the Soviet Union three times on 1952, 1957, 1960 and 1956 visited Japan for the third time, which won great honor for China's traditional culture overseas. His superb performance not only made the world sit up and take notice of China's "national quintessence" Peking Opera, but also had a far-reaching impact on Japanese, European and American drama and film art. Drama masters stanislavski and Brecht absorbed the essence of Mei Lanfang's performing arts in their creations.

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