What's kunqu? :_?

Kun Opera, also known as Kun Opera, Kun Qiang, and Kunshan Qiang, is the oldest type of Chinese opera and a treasure of traditional Chinese culture and art. Kun Opera originated in the 14th century at Taicang South Pier in Suzhou, China, and was later improved by Wei Liangfu and others to reach the whole country, and has been the leading Chinese opera for nearly 300 years since the middle of the Ming Dynasty. Kunqu combines singing, reading, acting, dancing and martial arts, and is known for its elegant lyrics, melodious voice and delicate performances, and is regarded as "the ancestor of all operas". Kunqu uses drums and boards to control the rhythm of singing, and flutes and three strings as the main accompanying instruments, and its singing and reciting are in the "Zhongzhou rhyme". In 2001, Kunqu was listed by UNESCO as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity."

Characteristics

1. The most important characteristics of Kunqu performances are the strong lyricism, the delicate movements, and the combination of the singing and the dancing figures in a skillful and harmonious way. Kun Opera is a kind of song, dance, medium, white a variety of means of performance with each other comprehensive art, the long history of the performance of the play formed a singing and dancing performance characteristics, especially in the performance of the role of the various disciplines of the performance of the body, the dance body can be divided into two kinds of dance: a kind of auxiliary gestures and gestures from the development of the emphasis on the writing of the dance; a kind of lyrical dance with the lyrics of the lyrics of the dance, both exquisite dance action, but also the expression of the character of the heart and soul of the characters. It is also an effective means of expressing the character's mind and the meaning of the words.

2, the Kun Opera's opera dance party absorbed and inherited the ancient tradition of folk dance, court dance, through long-term stage performance practice, accumulated a wealth of experience in the close integration of rap and dance, to adapt to the needs of the narrative scene of the performance of the scene, to create a number of dance performances emphasizing the description, and the "play" with, become a strong story of the folds of the dance, to become a strong story of the dance. The dance performances were adapted to the needs of narrative and scenic performances. Adapted to the lyrical and action are very strong needs of the performance of the field, creating a lot of lyrical dance performance, and become the main performance means of many single-fold lyrical song and dance drama. Representative repertoire, such as "Xichuan Tu - Luhuadang", "Jingzhongji - Sweeping Qin", "Moon Pavilion - Treading Umbrella", "Treasure Sword - Night Running", "Lianhuanji - Asked to explore", "Tiger Bags Bomb - Mountain Pavilion" and so on.

3. The recitation of Kun Opera is also very characteristic. Since Kun Opera was developed from Wuzhong, its voice is characterized by the soft Wu Nong language. Among them, the clowns also have a kind of local white based on Wu dialect, such as Su Bai and Yangzhou Bai, etc. This kind of marketplace language around Wuzhong has a strong sense of life, and it often uses a quick rhyming white, which is extremely distinctive. In addition, the singing of Kun Opera has extremely strict rules for word sound, line and rhythm, forming a complete singing theory.