The Unseen Peking Opera (English Book)

Title: The Unseen Peking Opera (English Book)

ISBN: 9787119051116

Author/Editor: FLP

Publisher: Foreign Language Press

Print Time: 2009-06-01

Version: English Language

Others: Luxury Edition; 1/16; 149pages, 1400g

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Description:
Despite its 200-old-year history since the debut in Beijing made by four famous opera troupes from east China's Anhui Province, Peking Opera has been losing its charm and attraction it used to possess, when facing the huge challenge from such modern arts as movies, TV, and pop songs.
As the quintessence of Chinese culture and a combination of China’s ancient opera skills, including singing, talking, acting and acrobatic fighting, Peking Opera is the world’s oldest art form replete with national characteristics. It is one of the world’s three leading classical dramatic arts (opera, ballet and Peking Opera). From the time the four leading Hui Opera troupes came to Beijing in the 55th year (1790) of Emperor Qianlong’s reign until the end of the feudal dynastic period in the early 1900s, the Qing Dynasty emperors all loved Peking Opera. Modern Peking Opera follows the artistic tradition, but has evolved into a more sophisticated art form.