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HOW CHINESE OPERA STARTED

It was the emperors birthday so the people of china did an act of singing, dancing, and acrobatics it was so good and fun the people wanted to do it again and the emperor wanted to see it again and again it was later, decided it would be called opera.

A little More About Chinese Opera……

Chinese opera (Chinese: 戏曲 /戲曲 ; Pinyin: xìqǔ) is a popular form of drama and musical theatre in China with roots going back as far as the third century CE. There are numerous regional branches of Chinese opera, of which the Beijing opera (Jingju) is one of the most notable

WHO CAN BE IN CHINESE OPERA?

“IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEIJING OPERA WAS ENCOURAGED; MANY NEW OPERAS ON HISTORICAL AND MODERN THEMES WERE WRITTEN, AND EARLIER OPERAS CONTINUED TO BE PERFORMED. AS A POPULAR ART FORM, OPERA HAS USUALLY BEEN THE FIRST OF THE ARTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CHINESE POLICY.”

Something I found Interesting Well I Was Searching The Web…..

WHAT CHINESE OPERA USED TO BE LIKE.

Chinese Vocabulary1) 京剧 Jingju (Beijing opera)

2) Zaju (Northern opera)

3) 扇 shàn (Fan)

4) huà zhuāng pǐn (Makeup)

5) 雨伞 yǔ sǎn (Umbrella)

HERE IS WHAT CHINESE OPERA IS…..

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I HOPE YOU GET TO SEE A CHINESE OPERA

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