How much do you know about Beijing Opera?

Peking Opera, also known as Pingju and Peking Opera, is one of the quintessence of China and the most influential opera in China, with Beijing as the center and spread all over the country. Since the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty (1790), four Huizhou classes, which were originally performed in the south, mainly Anhui artists, have successively entered Beijing, cooperated with Hubei artists, accepted some plays, tunes and performance methods of Kunqu Opera and Shaanxi Opera, and absorbed some local folk tunes. Through constant communication and integration, Peking Opera was finally formed.

Drama review:

Fu Jin: Peking Opera is one of the important symbols of China's cultural tradition. It is the most important drama in the "local drama era" and the product of the gradual decline of China culture as a whole. Compared with Kunqu opera, which transcends the aesthetic taste of a specific region, it is more the product of a specific regional culture; Compared with the literati interest represented by Kunqu Opera, it is closer to the bottom and folk interest, and the repertoire system of Peking Opera fully embodies the folk or grassroots characteristics of its historical narrative.

Jean jeunet, a French absurd dramatist: the theme, structure and expression of Beijing opera are extremely exquisite.

Gordon Clay, a famous British drama theorist and choreographer: Chinese Peking Opera has become an independent and excellent art form more than any other western drama.

Treja Iacov, a famous playwright in the former Soviet Union: China's plays contain the seeds of a rational and international drama, and its precise methods can be used to awaken and guide the honed masses to strive for a better world.