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Three characteristics of China's traditional opera art

The three characteristics of traditional Chinese opera art are comprehensiveness, virtuality and formality.

First, comprehensive.

1. China Opera is a national art with strong comprehensiveness, which is reflected not only in its mastery and originality of various art categories, but also in its exquisite and profound performing arts.

2. Various artistic factors are closely combined with performing arts, and all the functions of opera are realized through the performance of actors. Among them, the organic composition of singing, reciting, doing and hitting the actors is the most concentrated and prominent embodiment of the comprehensiveness of China traditional operas.

3. Singing refers to singing skills; Reading aloud, that is, reading in vain, is a recitation skill; Doing refers to doing work, which is the character and expression; Beating refers to the martial arts action in performance, which is a combination of dance martial arts skills based on China traditional martial arts.

Second, the procedure.

1, the program is a dramatic expression that reflects life. It refers to the standardization, dance performance and reuse of life movements. Programs come directly or indirectly from life, but they are formed by refining, summarizing and beautifying life according to certain norms.

2. There are fixed formats for closing the door, pushing the window, getting on the horse, getting on the boat and going upstairs. In the traditional opera performance in China. In addition to performing programs, traditional Chinese opera has certain programs in script form, role, music singing, makeup and clothing.

3. Excellent artists can break through some limitations of programs and create their own personalized normative art ... The program is a model of beauty.

Third, virtuality.

1. Fiction is the basic way for drama to reflect life. It refers to an actor's performance, which compares the real environment or objects in a deformed way to express life. The virtuality of China's traditional operas is first manifested in the flexibility of dealing with the stage time and space.

2. Secondly, scheduling in the specific stage atmosphere and actors' simulation of some life actions, such as windy and rainy, riding a horse, threading a needle and so on. The virtual characteristics of traditional Chinese opera are more concentrated and vividly reflected.