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3: Chinese Opera 4: Folk songs, dances, raps, and burlesque 5: Kun Opera 6: Shengdan Jingchou 7: Singing, reading, doing, playing 8: Peking Opera 9: Hands, eyes, body, method, Step 10: Tan Fuying, Ma Lianliang, Yang Baosen, Xi Xiaobo 11: Virtual 12: Huangmei Opera 13: Mei Lanfang

Cheng Yanqiu, Shang Xiaoyun, Xun Huisheng

14: Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), Born in a Peking Opera family, she started learning opera at the age of 8 and went on stage at the age of 11. She is good at Tsing Yi and also plays the role of Sword and Horse Dan. In more than 50 years of stage practice, Mei Lanfang has created and developed the singing, recitation, dance, music, costumes, makeup and other aspects of the female role, forming a unique artistic style, known as the Mei School in the world. With profound skills, both civil and military skills, graceful stage style and excellent appearance, smooth voice and graceful and charming singing, she created numerous typical images of ancient women with different postures. Representative works of the Mei School include "Universal Frontier", "Drunk Concubine", "Broken Bridge", "Odd Double Club", "Farewell My Concubine" and "Mu Guiying Takes Command", etc. Mei Lanfang has led the Peking Opera Troupe to perform in Japan, the United States, and the Soviet Union many times. He is an opera performing artist who has spread Chinese opera abroad and enjoys international reputation.

Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958) studied opera since childhood, acted in Tsing Yi, and studied under Mei Lanfang. He has the courage to innovate and create in art, pays attention to phonology, pays attention to the four tones, and pursues a high degree of integration of "sound, emotion, beauty, and water". Based on the characteristics of his own voice, he creates a kind of gentle, ups and downs, discontinuous and continuous. , singing tunes with changeable rhythms, forming a unique artistic style, known as "Cheng School" in the world. Cheng Yanqiu is good at acting in tragedies. He has choreographed and performed plays such as "The Tomb of the Mandarin Ducks", "Tears on the Barren Mountain", "Green Frost Sword", "Yingtai Resistance on Marriage", "Dou E's Injustice", etc. Most of them showed the tragic fate of women in feudal society.

Shang Xiaoyun (1900-1976) entered a science class to study art as a child, and was rated as the "No. 1 Child Actor" at the age of 14. He first studied martial arts, then changed to Zhengdan, and also performed Sword and Horse Dan. He has profound skills, a broad and bright voice, and is famous for his strong singing style. He is known as the "Shang Pai" in the world. His representative works include "Second Entry into the Palace", "Pagoda Sacrifice", "Zhaojun Leaving the Fortress", "Liang Hongyu", etc., which have created a number of heroines and chivalrous women.

Xun Huisheng (1900-1968) studied art in the Hebei Clapper Troupe when he was young. At the age of 19, he switched to Peking Opera, playing the roles of Hua Dan and Dao Ma Dan. With his profound skills, he was able to draw on the art of Bangzi Opera and Dan roles, and combine the performances of Peking Opera and Hua Dan into one, forming a unique artistic style, known as the "Xun School" in the world. She is good at playing innocent, lively and gentle female characters. She is famous for her roles in dramas such as "The Matchmaker", "The Golden Jade Slave", "Eryou in the Red Chamber", "The Hairpin Phoenix" and "Xun Guanniang".

15: Huadan, Qingyi Yaodan (Caidan), Wudan (Daomadan), Zhengdan, Laodan, Guimendan, etc.

16: Jing is commonly known as big painted face, ugly is commonly known as small painted face

17 : Xiaosheng Laosheng (Xu Sheng) Wu Sheng

18: Stylization is the main feature of Chinese opera

19: Tang Xianzu: "The Peony Pavilion" Kong Shangren "The Peach Blossom Fan"

20: Sichuan Opera is a major feature of Sichuan culture. Chengdu is the hometown of drama. As early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that "Sichuan Opera is the best in the world". During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, on the basis of local car lantern opera, it absorbed and blended the local dialects of Su, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Shaanxi and Gansu to form a Sichuan dialect singing style including Gaoqiang, Huqin, Kunqiang, Lantern Opera and Danxi. "Sichuan Opera". Among them, Sichuan Opera has rich high-pitched tunes, beautiful and moving singing, and the most local characteristics. It is the main singing form of Sichuan Opera. The accompaniment of Sichuan Opera includes leading, chorus, chorus, accompaniment, and duet singing, etc., which are meaningful and fascinating. The language of Sichuan Opera is lively, humorous, full of distinctive local colors, full of life flavor and has a broad mass base. There are hundreds of repertoires commonly seen on the stage, including singing, acting, reading and playing, with humorous witticisms and instrumental music to support the performance. "Face Changing", "Fire Breathing" and "Water Sleeves" are unique, plus the freehand stylized movements are implicit. Endless delicious flavor... Sichuan Opera is loved by the world and spread across the world.

The famous Sichuan Opera play "The Legend of White Snake: Jinshan Temple" is widely spread at home and abroad. Sichuan Opera is popular in Sichuan Province and parts of Yunnan and Guizhou. The five vocal arts of Kunqu, Gaoqiang, Huqin (Pihuang), Tanxi and Sichuan folk lantern opera that originally flowed in from other provinces were all performed separately in various places in Sichuan. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1736-1795), these five vocal arts were often performed together. The performances in Taiwan gradually formed a unique style over time. In the late Qing Dynasty, they were collectively called "Sichuan Opera" and later renamed "Sichuan Opera".