Peking Opera Company Of Peking - Peking Opera Shachiapang (Disc 1) mp3 flac

Peking opera, or Beijing opera (Chinese: 京剧; pinyin: Jīngjù), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1636–1912) and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China. Major performance troupes are based in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai

The Peking Opera that tourist groups witness today is virtually the same as opera viewed by Chinese 200 years ago during the Qing dynasty. Peking opera was formally created in 1790 through the merging of several regional styles in China--namely two southern forms known collectively as pihuang--that have their roots in the 13th century. It incorporated regional forms of dance, mime, music and acrobatics and was more melodramatic. and even vulgar compared the older, more lyrical styles that preceded it.

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