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An early form of Chinese drama is the Canjun Opera (參軍戲, or Adjutant Play) which originated from the Later Zhao dynasty (319–351). [12] [13] [14] In its early form, it was a simple comic drama involving only two performers, where a corrupt officer, Canjun or the adjutant, was ridiculed by a jester named Grey Hawk (蒼鶻). [12]
China: A Journey into Its Musical Art (Chinese Music Monograph Series). 2001. Chinese Music Society of North America Press. ISBN 1-880464-07-1; Shen, Sinyan. Chinese Music in the 20th century (Chinese Music Monograph Series). 2001. Chinese Music Society of North America Press. ISBN 1-880464-04-7; Watson, W., The Arts of China to AD 1900 (Yale ...
Traditional Chinese opera (traditional Chinese: 戲曲; simplified Chinese: 戏曲; pinyin: xìqǔ; Jyutping: hei3 kuk1), or Xiqu, is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China. It is an amalgamation of various art forms that existed in ancient China, and evolved gradually over more than a thousand ...
"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 National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) (国家大剧院), colloquially described as The Giant Egg (巨蛋), is an arts centre containing an opera house in Xicheng, Beijing, China. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu , the NCPA opened in 2007 and is the largest theatre complex in Asia.
The oldest extant written Chinese music is "Youlan" (幽蘭) or the Solitary Orchid, composed during the 6th or 7th century, but has also been attributed to Confucius. The first major well-documented flowering of Chinese music was for the qin during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD), though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han ...
Commentators often take pride in the idea that all Chinese theatre styles are similar but with minor variations on the pan-Chinese music-theatre tradition and the basic features or principles are consistent from one local performance form to another. Thus, music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics and acting are all featured in Cantonese opera.
This is a list of Chinese theatres. Anhui Huangmei Opera Theatre; Beijing Concert Hall; Beijing Peking Opera Theatre; Beijing People's Art Theatre; Century Theater & Century Performance Company [1] Changchun Drama Theatre; Chengdu Chuanju Theatre; China Grand Theatre; China National Children's Arts Theatre; China National Opera House; China ...