Beijing Opera
国粹京剧
Course Syllabus 课程章节
1Beijing Opera, also known as Ping Opera and Beijing Opera, is the most influential type of opera in China, with its distribution centered in Beijing and spread throughout the country. Peking Opera has a set of standardized forms of artistic expression in literature, performance, music, stage art and other aspects. The roles are divided into sheng, Dan, jing and Chou. It is called "national opera". The Peking Opera performance system named after Mei Lanfang is regarded as the representative of the Oriental theatrical performance system and one of the three major performance systems in the world. Beijing Opera is an important form of traditional Chinese culture, in which a variety of artistic elements have been used as a symbol of traditional Chinese culture.