The Bright Pearl of Chinese Culture-Peking Opera

Many ancient nations in the world have their ownunique artistic temperament and aspirations Greek tragedies，Italian operas，Russian ballets Shakespeare’splays are sources of national pride and self-confidence.Chinese opera，Greek drama and Indian Sanskrit drama are recognized as the world’s three major ancient dramatic culture forms.Chinese opera appeared later than the other two；but its superb achievements and unique charm has been the“spiritual home”of Chinese for thousands of years.

General introduction

Peking Opera represents the finest combination of literature，music，dance，martial arts，fine arts，acrobatics and many other artsavailable.Its way of performing is different from opera，pantomime and drama.The Peking Opera is a-kind of art that pays equal attention to Chang（Singing），Nian（Speaking），Zuo（Acting）and Da（Fighting）’.Singing in Peking Opera has the certain tune that expresses the sentiment of the dramatic persona；Speaking in the play is the speech except singing；Acting is the performance of movement and expression；Fighting is the martial arts performed by dancing.

It enables the audience to be inspired by the affection not only from 3 the language but also from the music，the physique and the fine arts.|o Simultaneously，Peking Opera provides the opportunity to appreciate the pleasing stylistic and artistic harmony of the dance and music，the strength of the rhythm and designs even from one act.

Derivation

Peking Opera originated from the middle period of the Qing Dynasty（1644-1911）.In the55th year，reigned by the Emperor Qianlong（1790），the most famous four theatrical troupes in Anhui-Sanqing Troupe，Sixi Troupe，Chuntai Troupe and Hechun Troupe went to Beijing in succession to show their opera performance andthen obtained the unprecedented success.Then，based on Anhui Opera and Han Opera，absorbing the essence of the local folk ditty like the Kun Opera and，Yiyang Opera and Shaanxi Opera and also mixed with characteristics of Beijing dialect，Beijing Opera was formed.Although formed in peking，it is not a native-born but a melting opera.

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