Peking Opera |
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History and development | 1 |
II | 17 |
Movements and gestures | 44 |
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accompanied acrobatics acting actress appear army arrives audience battle beautiful become body called Ch'eng Ch'i Ch'ou character China Chinese Ching actor colour comes costume court daughter dynasty Emperor expressed eyes face families famous female fighting forced front gestures girl give hair hand head held Hsiao Sheng Hu Ch'in Huang immediately important indicate K'ao K'ung-ming King light maid mainly MAKE-UP manner military Ming monk Monkey Mountain move movements natural officials orchestra origin P'ing painted Pass Peking opera performed player plays position represent role round scenes scholar seen Sheng side singing sleeves slightly Snake sometimes stage STAGE PROPERTIES stand stories style takes tells theatre thinking usually voice wear western wife worn young Yüeh