Popular in Beijing drama, folk art has a long history and rich heritage. In addition to Beijing style drama originated in the Yuan Dynasty opera, the most famous is called the quintessence of opera since the formation of fifty-five years of Qianlong (AD 1790) the emblem of class to Beijing. As well as Hebei Clapper, opera and the resulting assessment derived "Beijing Leap" (West play commentary). The former is called "drama", the latter known as the "drama."

In addition, different forms of popular Beijing faces as well as "Luanzhou Lvpi play", puppet theater, Flower Drum Opera, Bajiao Gu, Beijing piano book, fork song, stringed, Jingyuntaigu, fast writing, plum drums, storytelling, peace drum, crosstalk and other small drama.

Beijing opera theater - opera

Peking Opera is one of the operas in Beijing formed, has been nearly two hundred years of history. It is based on the emblem harmonic Han play, opera absorbed form, and some operas opera advantages and strengths evolving. Opera music belonging to the cavity plate, there are two main singing yellow, Sipi two systems, the opera also known as "yellow skin." Southern also commonly clapper opera singing, siping transfer, and high rugulosa blow cavity. Traditional Peking Opera repertoire of about one thousand, often played about three or four hundred, of which except from Anhui Opera, Chinese Opera, Kunqu opera and those outside, there are a considerable number of artists and folk opera written by the writer after another. Peking better at the political and military struggle manifestation historical themes, mostly taken from historical fiction story and this little talk. Both the whole drama, there are a lot of opera, in addition to some even Taiwan this drama.

Peking Opera, also known as "yellow skin", composed of two basic tone "Sipi" and "two yellow" composed of its musical material, and also sing some local small tunes (such as willow sub-chamber, blowing chamber, etc.) and opera tunes. It formed in Beijing, time is after 1840, popular in the 1930s, forties, when the "National Opera" said. It is still the big drama of national impact. Its comprehensive line of business, performing mature, imposing macro United States, is representative of modern Chinese drama. Peking Opera is China's "national essence", the 200-year history. In addition, the "opera" is also a network terms, meaning with "horror."

Deeply honored artistic means are the four opera performances, but also the four basic skills of Peking opera. Refers to sing sing, read read white finger has a musical, the two complement each other, constitute one of the dance of the two elements of Peking opera artist "song", do refer to the physical movement of dance, martial arts and fight refers to turn down skills, both combined with each other to form one of the Peking opera performing arts dance the two elements of "dancing." Gong Xi said four four five methods work, meaning deeply honored to four kinds of martial arts skills. "Sing", referring to the vocals. "I Do" refers to the work, which is performance. "Read" refers to the musical read white. The "hit" is refers to the martial arts. Opera actor from an early age to train cultured from these four aspects, although some actors good at singing (singing older students), some line of business to perform work (actress) based, some with martial arts-based (Wu net). But it requires that each actor must have excellent singing, reading, doing, playing four kinds of basic skills, in order to give full play to the function as musical performances of opera art. Better performance and portray various characters in the play.

Line of business division of opera roles more stringent, early into health, Dan, net, end of, the ugly, martial arts, popular (cameo) seven lines, normalize living, Dan, net, ugly four lines, each line of business within the there are detailed further division of labor. "Health" is in addition to the painted face and clown male characters collectively, divided the older students (to be born), niche, Takefu, baby born. "Dan" is the role of women collectively, the interior is divided into Zhengdan, star, Gui-door once, Wu Dan, pantaloon, Caidan (shake denier) Peking Opera Blues. "Net", commonly known as the painted face, mostly played on some specific character, quality or appearance of the male characters, cosmetic facial makeup, sound Hong Liang, rough style. "Net" is divided into singing mainly to large painted face, such as Bao Zheng; to work mainly Erhualian, such as Cao Cao. "Ugly", playing the role of comedy, because the nose rubbed a small piece of white powder, commonly known as small painted face.

Classification of Peking Opera are: the entire face, the hero face, sixth face, crooked face, fairy face, clown face and so on.

Opera intriguing, mellow flavor. Opera stage arts in all aspects of literature, performance, music, singing, percussion, makeup, facial makeup, stage by long-term practice of countless artists, constitute a check each other, complement each other metrical and standardization programs. It is very rich as artistic means to create the image of the stage, and the usage is very strict. Can not control these programs, you can not create a complete opera stage arts. Since the beginning of the formation opera, they entered the palace, making it grow and develop is different from the local operas. Requires it to show the wider areas of life, you want to create more types of characters, its comprehensive skills, integrity also requires more stringent, it requires the creation of aesthetic image of the stage is also higher. Of course, it also correspondingly weakened civil rustic, simple, rough style features relatively weak. Thus, it tends to be more Virtual and performing arts performance practices, maximize transcended the limitations of the stage space and time, in order to achieve "to form vivid, Vivid," the realm of art. Requires delicate, always into the drama on the show; requirements on singing melodious tactful, extremely rich; repertoire is not popular with brave win, but to "Wu opera singing" See good. The first 50 years of the 20th century, the heyday of Chinese opera, the famous "four famous" before and after "four to be born" are produced in this period. However, many Peking Opera stars also have withered in this period, and their descendants to enjoy their art, they were left to rely on a large number of old records. Then a famous actor, mostly in irrigation have handed down record high pavilion, EMI, Bei open, victory and other record companies, a wide range. However, with the passage of time and technological advances of the time, these old records also gradually As for annihilation, most become untraceable, and for future generations to enjoy, learn the art of the older masters brought great difficulties. From the end of last century, there have been Chinese record companies a portion of old records ripping on tape or other media to be published, but has not been on the whole old record music data conducted systematic collation is ripping off things, mostly market no sale of. However, mature network and digital technology has given us these old recordings ordinary fans brought hope, so that we have the possibility of these old recordings finishing comprehensive as possible.