What is Beijing Opera

Word: Beijing Opera Pinyin: jīngjù English translation: Beijing Opera (Pekinese opera)--Peking Opera. Pekinese for Beijing, now Beijing, opera means opera. Beijing opera 扈家庄

基本解释

[Beijing opera] One of China's major theatrical genres,, synthesized by the evolution of the Hui and Han tunes, which were successively introduced to Beijing in the mid-Qing Dynasty. The opera is mainly composed of xi pi and er huang, accompanied by huqin and gongs, and has since become popular throughout the country.

Detailed Explanation

Also known as " Beijing Opera". One of the popular national opera genres. At the end of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the four Huiban into Beijing, in the Jiaqing and Daoguang years with the Han tune artists from Hubei, cooperation, mutual influence, acceptance of the Kunqu, Qinqiang part of the repertoire, tunes and performance methods, and absorbed some of the folk tunes, and gradually fusion and development.

Basic Concepts

Peking Opera is one of the opera genres formed in Beijing, with a history of nearly two hundred years. It was formed on the basis of Hui and Han operas, and gradually evolved by absorbing the advantages and specialties of some opera genres such as Kunqu and Qinqiang. The music of Peking Opera belongs to the board cavity system, and the main singing voices are Erhuang and Xipi, which is why Peking Opera is also called "Pihuang". Other commonly used singing styles in Peking Opera include the Southern Clapper, Siping Tune, Gao Bazi, and Blowing Cavity. The traditional repertoire of Peking Opera is about one thousand, and about three to four hundred of them are often performed, of which a considerable number are written by Peking Opera artists and folk writers one after another, in addition to those from the Hui Opera, the Han Opera, the Kunqu Opera and the Qin Opera. Peking Opera specializes in political and military struggles with historical themes, and most of the stories are taken from historical dramas and novels. There are both big plays with whole books and a large number of folded plays, in addition to a number of serialized plays.

Performance Methods

Singing, reading, doing and fighting are the four artistic methods of Peking Opera, and also the four basic skills of Peking Opera performance. Singing refers to singing, reading refers to musical recitation, the two complement each other, constituting one of the two major elements of song and dance Peking Opera performing art "song", do refers to dancing physical movements, fight refers to martial arts and tumbling skills, the two combined with each other, constituting one of the two major elements of song and dance Peking Opera performing art "dance". "Dance". The four skills, known as the Four Skills and Five Methods, refer to the four skills of singing, reciting, doing and fighting. "Singing" refers to the skill of singing. "Doing" refers to doing, that is, performing. "Nian" refers to the musical recitation. And "fighting" refers to martial arts. Opera actors are trained and nurtured in these four areas from an early age, although some actors specialize in singing (Singing Lao Sheng), some lines are dominated by doing (Hua Dan), and some are dominated by martial arts (Wu Jing). However, every actor is required to have excellent singing, reciting, doing and fighting skills in order to give full play to the function of opera performance as a song and dance drama. Better performance and portrayal of the various characters in the play.

Peking Opera Characters

The lines of Peking Opera characters are strictly divided into Sheng, Dan