Theater Arts - Beijing Opera

During the 18th-19th century Peking opera or better known as Beijing Opera developed in the Qing Dynasty. It has reached a level as is done in the royal palace and then created and accessed by the public. Original Anhui and Hubei provinces this art became the cultural jewel of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. During that time period, the fame crossed the Great Wall of China and spread to countries like Taiwan, Japan and the United States.

The movements of the dancers is very elegant. Dialogue, music, song, dance and combat to be used to fully describe the plot revolves around an old age majorly Chinese folklore and history. Beijing opera players wearing brightly colored clothing to be center of attraction on the stage decorated with frugal. Dialect used in the dialogue delivery is an ancient dialect. Because it has great historical value actors really worked hard to honor and continue the tradition. This training began at a very young age that lasted for seven years on the permission of their parents. Students are expected to pay back to the teacher's future performance. Daily routine consists of the initial increase was followed by training in acting, acrobatics, and fighting. Senior students perform in the theater tonight. After making some mistakes all students punished with bamboo sticks but the training becomes lighter during the 1900s. These schools were closed during the Japanese invasion in 1931 but was rebuilt again in 1952. Famous school of art was popular in the school Lianliang Ma, Lintong Qi Cheng Yanqiu schools and school. Opera repository includes about one thousand four hundred works.