京剧英文简介.pptx

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The role of jing
主要扮演性格、品质或相貌不同于一般、有突出特征的男性人物，俗称花脸
张飞
关羽
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The role of chou
The schools and famous performers of Peking Opera
Whether of the warrior type or not, an actor must undergo years of fundamental training in martial skills so that every movement on the stage is gracefully and precisely executed and every pose assumed at the end of a movement makes the performer resemble a piece of well-executed sculpture, thereby increasing the aesthetic value of the acting.
The demands from various art forms call for versatility on the part of the performers.
An all-round top-notch Peking Opera performer, must be good-looking or attractive when appearing in make-up, of pleasing physical proportions, with a pair of expressive eyes and a rich variety of facial expressions.

The demands from various art forms call for versatility on the part of the performers.
An all-round top-notch Peking Opera performer, must be good-looking or attractive when appearing in make-up, of pleasing physical proportions, with a pair of expressive eyes and a rich variety of facial expressions.
Those that are most popular among households include:
《群英会》 《打渔杀家》 《空城计》 《贵妃醉酒》 《三岔口》 《霸王别姬》 《四郎探母》 《玉堂春》 《长坂坡》
《将相和》 《穆桂英挂帅》 《杨门女将》 《海瑞罢官》 《曹操与杨修》 《沙家浜》 《红灯记》 《智取威虎山》 《骆驼祥子》
In terms of literature, performance, music and stage arts, Peking Opera has a set of
standardized procedures of performance.
The performance in literature
With historical stories as the main content for performance, Peking Opera has about 1,300 programs, with those often on play being three to four hundred.

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BEIJING OPERA
1. Beijing opera’s history 2. Beijing opera’s
development 3. Beijing opera’s feature 4. Now 5. Beijing opera’s picture
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1.Beijing opera’s history
5.Beijing opera’s picture
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The opera’s performance requires not only the mellow voice but also the martial
actions proficiency. A successful opera actor must suffer from the tough practicing period. In the old time, the children of poor family weresent to the opera group in order to earn a living. While now, the real opera artists are well
respected by opera lovers
• There is no boundary in art field. Enjoy the Beijing Opera
and it is really an enjoyment for both visual and acoustical
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feeling.
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3.Beijing opera’s feature
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• To foreign friends, maybe the most attracting charm of Beijing Opera is the gorgeous dressing. Colorful facial paintings are dressed according to characters’ personality. The red ones suggest royalty and justice; the black ones means rectitude, intrepidity and sometimes impertinence; the yellow ones express atrocity; the blue or green ones describe rudeness and termagancy while the white ones imply treacherous court official. All these paintings strengthen the people’s characters and bring more visual enjoyment.

Among them, the Four Famous Dans Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, Shang Xiaoyun and Xun Huisheng - are most well-known at home and abroad.
They are experts in performing the role of Dan and each has his own artistic feature .
In Peking opera there are four main types of roles: sheng (male) dan (young female), jing( painted face,male), and chou (clown, male or female).
The characters may be loyal or treacherous, beautiful or ugly, good or bad, their images being vividly manifested.
Their wonderful performances are still appreciated by many audiences .
For example, 'Farewell My Concubine' by Mei Lanfang, 'Injustice to Dou'e' by Cheng Yanqiu, 'Lady Zhaojun Going beyond the Great Wall' by Shang Xiaoyun and 'Matchmaker' by Xun Huisheng.