The historical story of Peking Opera

Peking Opera, also known as Peking Opera, is one of the types of Chinese opera.

Peking Opera was formed in Beijing in the mid-19th century, integrating Anhui Opera and Han Opera, and absorbing the advantages of Bangzi, Kun Opera, Qin Opera, Yiyang Opera and other arts.

After its formation, Peking Opera achieved unprecedented prosperity in the Qing court.

The tune of Peking Opera is mainly Xipi and Erhuang, and it is mainly accompanied by Huqin, gongs and drums. It is regarded as the quintessence of China.

Origin and Formation In the 55th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1790), four Anhui opera troupes from southern China, namely the Sanqing Troupe, the Sixi Troupe, the Hechun Troupe and the Chuntai Troupe (called the Four Hui Troupes) came one after another.

Beijing.

The first Anhui troupe to enter Beijing was the "Sanqing", which mainly sang the "Erhuang" tune. Due to its rich tunes and repertoire, it gradually overwhelmed the Qinqiang that was popular in Beijing at that time.

Many actors from the Qin Opera troupe transferred to the Hui opera troupe, forming a fusion of Hui and Qin opera.

Subsequently, three other Anhui troupes: "Four Happiness Troupe", "Chuntai Troupe" and "Hechun Troupe" also came to Beijing, causing the Kun Opera that had been popular for many years to gradually decline, and many Kun Opera actors also transferred to Huizhou troupes.

During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty (around 1828), Hubei actors came to Beijing and brought Han tunes (Chu tune and Xipi tune). Many Han tune artists joined the Hui troupe and performed on the same stage with the Hui troupe, forming Xipi and Erhuang tunes.

They merged to form the so-called "Pihuang Opera".

At this time, the Pihuang opera formed in the capital was influenced by the pronunciation and accent of Beijing, and had the characteristics of "Beijing accent".

Later, because they often performed in Shanghai, Shanghainese people called this kind of Pihuang opera with Beijing characteristics "Beijing Opera", also called "Peking Opera".

And due to the rapid development of Peking Opera in the capital, its artistic level ranked among the best among Chinese operas. It later became popular throughout China, so it was also called "National Opera".