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The emergence and development of Peking Opera
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Anhui Opera is the predecessor of Beijing Opera. Since the 55th year of Qing Qianlong, who were the first performers in the south, namely Sanqing, Sixi, Chuntai and Hechun? Four Huizhou classes went to Beijing one after another. They cooperated with artists in Hubei, 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.

Development: After the formation of Peking Opera, it began to develop rapidly in the court of the Qing Dynasty, until the Republic of China achieved unprecedented prosperity.

Maturity of Peking Opera: 1883- 19 18 Peking Opera enters maturity from its formative stage, represented by Tan Xinpei, Wang Guifen and Sun Juxian. Among them, Tan Xinpei inherited the strengths of Cheng Changgeng, Yu Sansheng, Zhang Erkui and other great artists, and through creation and development, pushed the art of Peking Opera to a new and mature realm.

The heyday of Peking Opera: Since 19 17, a large number of outstanding Peking Opera actors have emerged, showing the vigorous development of various schools. From maturity to heyday, the representative figures in this period are Yang Xiaolou, Mei Lanfang and Yu Shuyan.

Expanding the artistic features of Beijing Opera under the material;

1, Peking Opera shows a wider range of life, portrays more types of characters, and has strict requirements on the comprehensiveness and integrity of skills and the aesthetics of shaping the stage image.

2. The performing arts tend to combine the virtual and the real, which goes beyond the limitation of stage space and time to the maximum extent, so as to achieve the artistic realm of "expressive with form, with both form and spirit".

3, the performance requirements are exquisite and exquisite, everywhere; It is required to sing melodiously and euphemistically, and the voice is full of emotion; Martial arts is not won by bravery, but by "singing martial arts".

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