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
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
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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,
Kunqu
…Kunqu (Chinese: 崑曲), also known as Kunju (崑劇), 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 later came to dominate Chinese theater from the 16th to the 18th…
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