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"Peking opera" is the English term for the art form; the term entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 1953. [9] " Beijing opera" is a more recent equivalent. In China, the art form has been known by many names at different times and places. The earliest Ch
The China National Peking Opera Company has visited over 50 countries, such as the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Romania, the UK, Australia, and the former Soviet Union, [2] and is a frequent performer at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since its debut at the Kennedy Center 25 years ago and has been ...
The NCPA extends ten stories underground, making 60% of the building area underground. It is the most in-depth underground project of public buildings in Beijing. The deepest place is 32.5 meters, which is directly below the stage of the opera hall. 17 meters under the NCPA is the ancient river channel of the Yongding River in Beijing.
The current company was founded in 1979, [3] but its direct predecessor, the Peking Opera Theater Troupe of Beijing (simplified Chinese: 北京京剧团; traditional Chinese: 北京京劇團; pinyin: Běijīng Jīngjù Tuán), was founded in 1955.
The Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre (Chinese: 正乙祠戏楼; pinyin: Zhèngyǐcí Xìlóu), located on a hutong in the Xuanwu District of Beijing, is one of the best-known Beijing opera theatres. It is also one of the oldest wooden theatres in China. Zhengyici means a temple (ci) for Zhengyi Xuantan Laozu (正乙玄坛老祖). [1]
Many famous past and present opera performers have performed here. On August 25, 1912, the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT) was founded at the guild hall at a convention of the Revolutionary Alliance , led by Sun Yat-sen , and five smaller pro-revolution parties. [ 2 ]
Drawing of the original Guanghe Tea House, its courtyard and its stage. The Guanghe Theatre (Chinese: 广和剧场; pinyin: Guǎnghé Jùchǎng) is a theatre located in the Qianmen district of Beijing that was a long-time host to Beijing opera performances and the site of the beginning of Mei Lanfang's career when he was ten years old.
The story of Beijing opera “[Chen Shi] Mei’s Beheading Case” (铡美案)： In the Song Dynasty, Chen Shimei (陈世美) was a poor scholar studying for the imperial examinations. Chen Shimei was married to Qin Xianglian (秦香蓮), who took care of him, his parents, and their children so Chen Shimei had time to study.