Chinese Opera

U.S.A opera Chinese opera

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HOW CHINESE OPERASTARTED

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

A little More AboutChinese Opera……

Chinese opera (Chinese: 戏曲/戲曲;Pinyin: xìqǔ) is a popular form ofdrama and musical theatre in Chinawith roots going back as far as the thirdcentury CE. There are numerousregional branches of Chinese opera, ofwhich the Beijing opera (Jingju) is oneof the most notable

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WHO CAN BE IN CHINESE OPERA?

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“IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE DEVELOPMENT OFBEIJING OPERA WAS ENCOURAGED; MANYNEW OPERAS ON HISTORICAL AND MODERNTHEMES WERE WRITTEN, AND EARLIEROPERAS CONTINUED TO BE PERFORMED. ASA POPULAR ART FORM, OPERA HAS USUALLYBEEN THE FIRST OF THE ARTS TO REFLECTCHANGES IN CHINESE POLICY.”

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