Originated from tea picking songs in Huangmei County, Hubei Province, finally formed and popular in Anhui Province, Huangmei Opera (黄梅戏
Tag: Chinese Culture
Chinese Calligraphy 书法
shūfǎ shì zhōnɡɡuó de ɡuócuì 书法是中国的国粹。 cónɡɡǔdàojīn shìjièshànɡ de wénzì zhǒnɡlèi búxià qiānzhǒnɡ 从古到今，世界上的文字种类不下千种， tāmén de ɡōnɡyònɡ shǒuxiān zàiyú jìshì
Traditional Characters
During the ongoing "two sessions", Chinese director Feng Xiaogang suggested schools should teach traditional Chinese characters that contain cultural connotations.
今年“两会”的分组讨论中,冯小刚呼吁在中小学的课本里恢复部分有文化含义的繁体字。
Chinese Culture: Shaoxing Opera (越剧)
Today I will introduce the Shaoxing Opera. Shaoxing Opera, also called Yue Ju (越剧 yuèjù), is one of the Five
Fun Chinese characters – stack them up in multi-dimensional thinking!
In this post I’d like to stack up some character legos with you and hopefully you’ll learn a few new characters after this fun exercise.
Chinese Culture: China Opera (中国戏曲)
Chinese culture is a great and extensive civilization with featured Chinese traditional opera, especially the Peking Opera, which is regarded
Chinese Culture: Puppet Show (木偶戏)
The generalized puppet shows includes the shadow plays (皮影戏 píyǐngxì), while the regularly mentioned puppet show (木偶戏 mùǒuxì ) mainly refers to marionettes or rod puppets, in which puppets are carved from wood and covered with colorful costumes. Toady, I will introduce the puppet show.
Chinese Culture: Face Changing (变脸)
Face Changing (变脸 biànliǎn) is a tour de force in many Chinese operas and enjoys a high reputation home and abroad, of which that of Sichuan Opera (川剧 chuānjù) is the most famous. It is said that a master of this unique performance can change a maximum masks over 30 at a time in 5 minutes.
Overstep the Mark of One's Authority
The Chinese idiom 越俎代庖 (yue4 zu3 dai4 pao2) literally means don’t go into the kitchen to take over the role
Chinese Culture: A Brief History of Chinese Music
Chinese music interwove with dances in its early time, and developed into an independent art category in Xia Dynasty (夏朝 xiàcháo) which is also the beginning of the times of bells and drums lasting for 1300 years.
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