Why Chinese traditional opera Peking Opera is called a national treasure

Because Peking Opera is a symbol of traditional Chinese culture.

The art of Peking Opera focuses on the essence of traditional Chinese culture. Chinese opera culture has a long history, from the Han Dynasty music and dance two thousand years ago, to the Pearland Hundred Operas in the Tang Dynasty, to the Southern Opera in the Song Dynasty, and the Kunqu Opera in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, all of which provided sufficient nutrients for the formation of Peking Opera. The process of the formation of Peking Opera is also the process of Peking Opera's incorporation into the traditional Chinese culture. Peking Opera not only inherited the essence of ancient operas, but also integrated the artistic factors and characteristics of many ancient operas, such as Qin Opera and Han Opera, on the basis of Anhui Opera. Therefore, although Peking Opera has a history of only one hundred years, its spiritual core is two thousand years of Chinese culture. In addition, the art of Peking Opera mirrors the classical arts such as poetry, calligraphy, painting and the aesthetic taste of Chinese people. For example, the beauty of simplicity of Peking Opera can be echoed with the art of calligraphy and Chinese painting; the simile and symbolism of Peking Opera are also the rhetorical techniques commonly used in the classical literature; the rhyme in the Peking Opera's singing voice is in line with that of the ancient poetry; and the costumes of the Peking Opera are the fruit of the beautification of the costume features of the different periods of time, such as the Tang, the Song, the Ming, and the Qing Dynasties. Even the costumes of Peking Opera are the result of the beautification of different periods such as Tang, Song, Ming and Qing. Therefore, Peking Opera is not only a kind of opera, but also an encyclopedia of Chinese civilization!

First of all, Peking Opera contains a lot of unique marks of the Chinese nation, which is not only produced and developed under the integration and exchange of various nationalities, but also the national identity of the Chinese nation; secondly, Peking Opera has been passed down for a long time, and it is an important historical and cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.