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Traditional Chinese Opera

Opera is a form of Chinese traditional Drama. It is incorporated by various factors like literature, music, dance, fine art, martial art, acrobatics and performing arts etc. Though it was derived from three different art forms, namely folk music and dance, hip-hop and antimasque. But the most prominent feature that distinguishes itself from different operas is reflected firstly by its music singing voiced from different tune systems. The music voice is created by collecting music in other areas on the basis of the language, folk songs and folk music in local areas. The characters in the play are acted by the male characters, female characters, ¡°painted face¡± characters, middle-aged male characters and clown etc with different painted faces. In the performance, it attaches much importance to the programmed action inspired and created from life as well as the simulative treatment for space. And the art of singing, reading, acting and fighting etc and performance for transporting and excellent dancing with high technology content has constituted the complete opera art system which is distinguished from other operas.


Classification of National Operas

Caidiao drama, Shichang opera, Chaochou Opera, Chu opera, Fengyang flower-drum dance show, Guangdong Han opera, Guiju Opera, Hubei Opera, Huangmei Opera, Anhui Opera, Jingzhou flower-drum opera, Liuzixi Opera, Lu opera, Shandong bangzi opera, Shaoju opera, Sichuan Quju Opera, Ningbo drama, Yunnan lantern, Zhuang drama, Shaoxing opera, Guangdong Opera, Yue tune, Henan opera, Yihuangxi opera, Yangzhou opera, Sinkiang Quzi opera, Hunan Opera, Xiju Opera, Wuju opera, Wanwanqiang show, Tianjin new-style drama, Suzhou opera, Qu Opera, Qiong Opera, Qinghai string-show, Shaanxi Opera, Qianju Opera, Qiju Opera, Puju Opera, Puxian Opera, Pingju Opera, Ouju Opera, Min Opera, Gansu Opera, Longjiang Opera, Liaonan Opera, Kun opera, Liyuan Opera, Peking Opera, Shanxi Opera, Ji opera, Huanglong opera, Huai Opera, Antimask, flower Opera, Shanghai Opera, Pangtzu of Hopei, Jiangxi Opera, a song-and-dance duet of Northeast China£©, a song-and-dance duet of Inner Mongolia Sichuan Opera, North Kunqu Opera, New city Opera

Cross Talk

With a history of at least 2,000 years, our cross talk is derived from the Miscellaneous drama ¡°Fools¡±in its earliest time.
¡°Fools ¡±was always put on performance in palace, with humorous talk, mordant and sarcastic mock, and it is so entertaining that it rewards so much laugh. These japes reflected actors¡¯ mock and lash against the rulers.



Acrobatics

The general name of various performing arts( such as cycling, gastriloquism, Pagoda of Bowls, ropedancer, lion dance and Magic etc).
Around the Neolithic Age, the acrobatics of China has sprouted. The earliest Acrobatic art was derived from a kind of entertaining game and performance displaying the labor skills of primitive men formed in hunting and the martial arts and substantial physical strength generated from self defense and attack, displaying rest and entertainment scene as well as the happiness for hunting and victory.
Many programs of Acrobatic are abstracted and changed into arts from the life skills and labor technique and skills of martial arts.
Chinese Acrobatics can be generally characterized by nine features, among which the emphasis on training for strength of waist, legs and head is the prominent feature One.
The second feature is to seek stability in risk, find peace in motion, which shows a calm, smart, accurate technique and a much-steeled hard effort.
The third feature is to seek exception from ordinary arts.
The forth feature is soft or hard kungfu¡¯s supplementation with each other.
The fifth is to combine super strength with swift tumbling;
The sixth is to use daily appliance and labor tools as acting tools.
The seventh is to combine simplified craft arts with figure performance skills.
The eighth is that Chinese Acrobatic has greatest adaptability with a variety of acting forms and sites.
The ninth is that Chinese acrobatic boasts strict inheriting system and is closely related with sister arts.
Our country lays much emphasis on protection of intangible cultural heritage.

On June 8, 2007, the circus in Wuqiao county, Hebei province got the first prize of ¡°first session cultural heritage day¡± conferred by National Culture Ministry. eng an Shadow play studio in Tai¡¯an ,Shandong got the prize of ¡° first cultural heritage day¡± issued by National Culture Ministry.



Puppet
Puppet was called figure-head, Fukui-puppet, puppet-Cave in ancient times. The drama performed by puppet was called puppet show.
The puppet art has a long development history, and the earliest puppet was possibly related to the funeral soldier figures in slavery society.
Puppet is a form of drama performed by the actors who operates the puppets. The puppet show in China rose from Han Dynasty, and had new development and improvement in Tang Dynasty, and can perform song and dance drama with puppet. Song dynasty is a crucial period for the development of puppet, as the workmanship and operation technique for puppet has further developed. With the development of social economy, the puppet show in Ming dynasty has been prevailed throughout China, and in the developed provinces of southern China, the puppet show is more prosperous and was crowned as ¡°puppet tools of South¡± .After Qing dynasty, the puppet show welcomed its flourish period with large popularizing scale and increasing vocal cavity, followed by the emergence of puppet show in western Liaoning, Zhangzhou bag puppet show, Quanzhou puppetry show, Jinjiang bag puppet show, Shaoyang bag puppet show,
Gaozhou puppet show, Chaozhou bars puppetry, North Sichuan puppet show, Shi qian puppet show, Yang puppetry show, Taishun drug-made puppet show, Lingao figure puppet show etc. Viewed from the form of performance, the puppet can be divided into five kinds, namely Tixian puppet, Zhangtou puppet, Bag Puppet, Bars puppet and Drug-made Puppet.


The Shallow Play

The shallow play was born in Western Han Dynasty some 2000 thousand years ago, and called Yangpi opera, also generally named as head drama or shallow play, was derived from Shaanxi Province of China, and became mature in Qin, Yu, and Jin areas in Dang and Song dynasties, and was prosperous in Hebei Province in Qing dynasty. As the name suggests, shadow play is made of leather. Considering of firmness and transparency, the cowhide and donkey skin is best leather. Five kinds of transparent pigments namely red, yellow, blue, green and black were applied for dying. In china,? some operas in quite a few places were all derived from Shadow play,? of which the shadow performance principle and the performing art etc also take the lead in the invention of modern movie and the development of modern art movie. Meanwhile, it is also the present for mutual exchange of Chinese government and other national leaders. To sum up, the shadow play enjoys high artistic value in China and even all over the world.
Due to the shallow play is a form of folk art, there will be some differences as per different places, and its materials is dependent on the animal skins in local areas. In China, cowhide, sheepskin and donkey skin etc are most frequently used.
Shadow play is a form of folk art in China. The East Gansu shadow play in northwest China exist mainly in Pingliang and Qingyang county, especially focuses on the Delta area adjacent to Shaanxi and Ningxia province in the east.
Our country attaches much importance to the protection of non-materialized cultural heritage. On May 20, 2006, the shadow play was listed in the directory for the first group of national intangible cultural heritages after approved by National congress. On June 8, 2007, Yunmeng Shadow play artistic group in Hubei and Fanzheng an Shadow play studio in Tai¡¯an ,Shandong got the prize of ¡° first cultural heritage day¡± issued by National Culture Ministry.


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