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Chinese Leaders Watch Traditional Opera Gala for New Year
Dec 31, 2015Top Chinese leaders watched a New Year gala featuring traditional opera performance on Wednesday evening in Beijing. Leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state, including Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, ...
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Cultural Exchange Between China and Britain Has Brighter Future
Dec 15, 2015Chinese community and local Brazilians pose for a group photo after a lion dance performance. [File photo] There has been a long tradition that Chinese people and British people are interested in each other's culture. The two countries ...
Tags: Cultural Exchange, China, Britain
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14th China Theatre Festival opens in Suzhou
Oct 27, 2015The 14th China Theatre Festival opens in Suzhou city, East China's Jiangsu province on Sunday night, attracting 39 art troupes from around the country. About 22 genres of theatre including Kunqu Opera, Peking Opera, and musicals will be put ...
Tags: Theatre Festival, Kunqu Opera, Peking Opera, musicals
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The Introduction of City Ballads in Shanghai Dialect
Dec 17, 2012Nowadays in Shanghai, you can hear a great variety of music and operas from all over the world, such as the traditional Beijing Opera and Kunqu Opera, the rhythmic and dynamic hip-hop, the elegant and melancholy Jazz or Blues, etc. While ...
Tags: Shanghai Rap, Huju Opera, Work Song at the Shanghai Dock, drum Song
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Han Tune Erhuang Opera Is The Second Important Genre of Opera in Shaanxi
Dec 17, 2012The Han Tune Erhuang Opera, also called Shaan Erhuang and Shan Erhuang, is the second important genre of opera in Shaanxi, and enjoys popularity in Ankang, Hanzhong, Shangluo and Xi'an of Shaanxi Province and some areas in Gansu and ...
Tags: Han Tune Erhuang Opera, Shaan Erhuang, genre of opera in Shaanxi
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Chinese Opera Originated in Ancient Song and Dance
Dec 6, 2012Chinese opera originated in ancient song and dance. Around 800 BC, there emerged "(you)," who were kept by the nobles for their own entertainment. These people, usually males, good at singing, dancing and impersonations, developed into the ...
Tags: chinese opera, you, Canjun opera, institute, Chuanqi
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Xuanmiao Taoist Temple Is The Center for Studying and Performing Taoist Music in Suzhou
Nov 28, 2012As the leading Taoist temples in Suzhou, Xuanmiao Taoist Temple is also the center for studying and performing Taoist music in Suzhou. Taoists inside the temple are known for belonging to the "Liberal Class" which is reputedly good at ...
Tags: Taoist Music, folk arts, Taoist temples
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Mulian Opera Got Its Name From a Play Named Mulian Rescues His Mother
Nov 28, 2012Mulian Opera got its name from a play named Mulian Rescues His Mother. As the oldest theatric genre, it can be called the ancestor of dramas. Mulian Opera is a theatric performance which is preserved in folk conventional activities. Its ...
Tags: Mulian Opera, theatric genre, folk arts