The repertoire of Peking Beijing opera includes over 1,400 works, which are based on Chinese history, folklore and, increasingly, contemporary life.
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14 Facts About Beijing opera
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In recent years, Peking Beijing opera has responded to sagging audience numbers by attempting reforms, including improving performance quality, adapting new performance elements, shortening works, and performing new and original plays.
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From 1927 to 1949, when Beijing was known as Beiping, Peking opera was known as or to reflect this change.
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The popularity of Peking Beijing opera has been attributed to the simplicity of the form, with only a few voices and singing patterns.
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In September 1990, when the Kuomintang government participated in a state-sponsored mainland cultural event for the first time, a Taiwanese Beijing opera group was sent, possibly to emphasize "Taiwaneseness".
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Furthermore, the archaic language of Peking Beijing opera required productions to use electronic subtitles, which hampered the development of the form.
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Beijing opera followed this tour with a tour in the Soviet Union in 1935.
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The four skills of Peking Beijing opera are not separate, but rather should be combined in a single performance.
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Traditional Peking Beijing opera stages were built above the line of sight of the viewers, but some modern stages have been constructed with higher audience seating.
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Vocal production in Peking Beijing opera is conceived of as being composed of "four levels of song": songs with music, verse recitation, prose dialogue, and non-verbal vocalizations.
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In Chinese Beijing opera, breath is based in the pubic region and supported by the abdominal muscles.
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Songs in Peking Beijing opera are proscribed by a set of common aesthetic values.
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The arias of Peking Beijing opera can be further divided into those of the and varieties.
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In 2017, Li Wenrui wrote in China Daily that 10 masterpieces of the traditional Peking Beijing opera repertoire are The Drunken Concubine, Monkey King, Farewell My Concubine, A River All Red, Wen Ouhong's Unicorn Trapping Purse, White Snake Legend, The Ruse of the Empty City, Du Mingxin's Female Generals of the Yang Family, Wild Boar Forest, and The Phoenix Returns Home.
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