Chen Shimei is a Chinese opera character and a byword in China for a heartless and unfaithful man. He was married to Qin Xianglian, also translated as Fragrant Lotus. Chen Shimei betrayed Qin Xianglia
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Traditional Chinese opera, 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,
Chen Shimei and Qin Xianglian
…Chen Shimei is a Chinese opera character and a byword in China for a heartless and unfaithful man. He was married to Qin Xianglian, also translated as Fragrant Lotus. Chen Shimei…
Acrobatic performance in Shao opera (紹劇), demonstrating the martial arts element (打) of Chinese opera. Shanghai, 2014.
Theatre play, Prosperous Suzhou by Xu Yang, 1759
Leaf from an album of one hundred Peking opera characters, late Qing dynasty. Ink and color on silk. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sichuan opera in Chengdu