Tag: Chinese Opera

Late Qing (1895-1911) Scholars now tend to agree that modern Chinese literature did not erupt suddenly in the New Culture

Chinese Kung Fu 中国功夫 – Chinese Kung Fu 1

Though it originated in a military context, Kung Fu was eventually taken up by the masses, where it served both as a means of self-defense and as a system of health-giving exercises that fused the mental/spiritual with the physical.

Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 元旦New Year’s Day

Pinyin: yuán dàn Meaning: New Year’s Day Sentence: The new calendar called for new year’s day to be celebrated jan.1. 新历法规定 1 月 1 日庆祝元旦。

Chinese Opera 中国戏曲

Chinese opera falls into more than 300 forms of traditional operas, of which Peking Opera（京剧，Jīngjù）is the most popular. Peking Opera

Mother of all Chinese Opera: Kunqu Opera

èr línɡ yī yī nián shí yuè shí rì kūn qǔ biǎo yǎn zhě zài zhè jiānɡ shěnɡ hánɡ zhōu shì biǎo yǎn
2011年10月10日昆曲表演者在浙江省杭州市表演。

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: 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.

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.

Chinese Culture: Chinese Music (中国音乐)

China is known as a country of music in the far ancient times; the Chinese ancient music is of great importance in the culture and etiquette of the country.With a longstanding tradition of musical education as early as the Warring State Period (475 BC – 221 BC), Confucius had set the study procedures from poems to etiquette and then the last important, to music.

Yongxin Dunpaiwu (shield dancing) 永新盾牌舞

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时间：2006年 Time: 2006 类别：民间舞蹈 Category: Folk Dance 地区：江西 Region: Jiangxi Province 编号：Ⅲ-10 Ref. No.: Ⅲ-10 申报地区或单位：江西省永新县 Nominating unit[s]: Yongxin County,