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Performance Art Enriched with Merits of Other Forms of Art

Performance Art Enriched with Merits of Other Forms of Art
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Peking opera is a purely Chinese opera form which dates [...]

Peking Opera: Abstracted Arias and Dialogues

Peking Opera: Abstracted Arias and Dialogues
Arias are very important parts in a play. Peking Opera or Beijing Opera is nicknamed as “Pi Huang Opera” because Xi Pi and Er Huang melodies form the base of its arias. Xi Pi is believed taken from Hubei Opera which was formed under the influence of Shaanxi Opera (or [...]

Roles and Characters in Chinese Peking Opera or Beijing Opera

Roles and Characters in Chinese Peking Opera or Beijing Opera
The ten Chinese characters shown on left is from a song sung in a Chinese New Year Eve television program. It probably says everything about the roles in Beijing Opera. The first five characters list the five role catagories. The rest tells what roles appear in [...]

Chinese Beijing Opera: The Performance Play of Peking Opera

Chinese Beijing Opera: The Play, the Thing and Peking Opera
The Fu Hsing Academy’s video emphasized that no mistakes are allowed in costuming. The aim is not to look exactly like or unlike the character being portrayed. Historical authenticity is not sought in costuming; rather, patterns and designs are based partly on fashions from the Ming [...]