Peking Opera: As a European Sees it |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
18th century ancient ancient Greek Anhui appear arias artistic audience battle scenes beard Beijing Bertold Brecht blue body Brecht Cao Cao castanets chair China clown Comedia dell'arte comedies comic characters Cultural Revolution dialogue drama dress dynasty embroidered erbuang Eva Siao express facial falsetto fascinated feeling female role finger gestures green grey Guan Yu hands headdresses heroes horse Hubei indicate instruments Judge Bao Kunqu opera lao sheng laughing make-up male masks Mei Lanfang ment model operas movements music and sing musical accompaniment official Opera style painted faces Peking Opera performer percussion instruments performer's Photo by Eva pieces plays present-day props pupils reciting reform represent scholars sits songs specially trained strict suona Taiping revolution teachers teahouses temple festivities theatre themes Three Kingdoms tion traditional opera traditional Peking Opera troupes understand voice wear wenxi whip White Snake women WORLD PRESS wuxi xiao sheng Yan'an young Yuan dynasty