Chinese opera
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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,
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
Kunqu
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Kunqu, also known as Kunju, K'un-ch'ü, Kun opera or Kunqu opera, is one of the oldest extant forms of Chinese opera. It evolved from a music style local to Kunshan, part of the Wu cultural area, and l
Chinese opera
…opera emerged in popularity and has come to be known as the "national theatre" of China, but other genres like Yue opera, Cantonese opera, Yu opera, kunqu, qinqiang, Huangmei opera, pingju, and Sichuan opera are also performed regularly before dedicated fans. Their differences are mainly found in the music…
Kunqu Play Taipei
Gu Jian, allegedly a transmitter of the Kunshan music in the Yuan dynasty
A scene from The Peony Pavilion
Kunqu performance at the Peking University