From the Han and Tang Dynasties to the Song and Jin Dynasties, a relatively complete opera art was formed, consisting of literature, music, dance, fine arts, martial arts, acrobatics and performing arts, with about 360 kinds. It is characterized by the collection of various art forms in a standard, which embodies their respective personalities in the same nature. ?
China's drama, Greek tragedy and comedy, and Indian Sanskrit drama are called the three ancient drama cultures in the world. After a long period of development and evolution, China Opera Hundred Flowers Garden with five major operas as the core has gradually formed.
There are many kinds of plays in China. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 360 kinds of operas and tens of thousands of traditional plays in China. Other famous operas include: Kunqu Opera, Hangzi Opera, Cantonese Opera, Huai Opera, Sichuan Opera, Qin Opera, Shanghai Opera, Shaanxi Opera, Han Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Henan Cantonese Opera, Henan Hangzi Opera, xiang opera Opera and Hunan Opera.
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China traditional opera is a rich cultural phenomenon. In today's fashionable words, it is a general information system, or a "field", which is a multi-level and multi-structure overall structure. The attitude and charm of China's traditional operas are directly related to the cultural psychology of the Chinese nation.
The formation of Chinese cultural psychology is also related to China's philosophy, China's religion, China's folk customs, China's ethics, China's art, China's politics and China's economy.
Therefore, in order to study China's operas, we must make a multidisciplinary exploration and make an overall observation and reflection on the thinking tradition of China people, so as to get a glimpse of the mystery of China's operas. This is why China opera is studied as a "cultural" phenomenon.
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