The list of Peking Opera classics is too long to enumerate.

Their faces are painted with elaborate make-up, also indicating a character's social status and personality. To represent big items, such as boats or mountains, it relies on stage performances instead of actual installations.įor costumes and headdresses, Peking Opera performers use bright and contrasting colors, which are strictly based on the rank, occupation and lifestyle of different characters.

Peking Opera uses simple stage settings and props, which usually are just a couple of chairs and tables. The characters are well sustained and the part of the young huntsman Ma Guan, well played.

In the twentieth century the Peking Opera has become a kind of national Chinese theater. It features four main types of performers, called sheng (male role), dan (female role), jing (painted-face male role) and chou (clown). dynasty (1644-1911), the latter a period dominated by the. Although widely practised throughout China, its performance centres on Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. Combining instrumental music, vocal performances, mime, dance and acrobatics, it has been inscribed into the UNESCO Intangible World Heritage list since 2010. Peking opera is a performance art incorporating singing, reciting, acting, martial arts. Peking Opera, with a history of more than 200 years, is one of China's major traditional art forms. Story of Su San is staged in Shanghai, Oct 28, 2016.

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