Beijing Opera 京剧英文介绍.docx

Beijing OperaBeijing Opera is regarded as one of Three Treasures of Chinese Culture, the other two being traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Painting. It is the most popular and influential Opera in China with a history of almost 200 years. Beijing opera, once called Peking opera, is now regarded as China’s national opera. Full of chinese cultural facts, the opera presents the audience with an encyclopedia [ɪnˌsaɪkləpi:dɪə]百科全书 of chinese culture ,as well as unfolding stories, beautiful paintings, exquisite精致的; 细腻的; 优美的 costumes, graceful gestures and martial arts. Beijing opera mainly relies on singsing and dancing to tell stories. Its actors and actresses use four basic performing methods on stage: chang, nian, zuo, da. There are four main roles in Beijing opera: sheng, dan, jing, chou. Its band mainly consists of an orchestra and a percussion [pəˈkʌʃn]敲打，碰撞; 振动 band. And jinghu is the most important musical instrument.The evolution of Beijing OperaBeijing opera, once called Peking opera and with a history of almost 200 years, is now regarded as China’s national opera and one of Three Treasures of Chinese Culture. Beijing opera was originally a local drama in Anhui Province. During Emperor Qianlong ‘s inspection tours of the south in disguise掩盖; 化装; 隐瞒, the four famous troupes San Qing, Si Xi, He Chun and Chun Tai三庆、四喜、春台、和春 from Anhui Province were asked to remain After the celebration of his eightieth birthday in 1790. Gradually, it replaced Kunqu which had been popular in the palace and among the upper classes in Beijing. Later, some troupes from Hubei Province came to Beijing and often performed together with the Anhui troupes. The two types of singing blended on the same stage and gradually gave birth to a new genre [ˈʒɑnrə]类型，种类 which came to be known as Beijing opera.From 1883 to 1918, Beijing Opera matured from its formative stage. Since 1917, Beijing Opera has developed from the mature period to the peak period, becoming the most popular and influential dramatic form on the Chinese stage. In 2010, Peking opera was listed as "the list of representative works of human intangible cultural heritage". In the course of its formation, it assimilated [əˈsɪməleɪt]同化; 吸收,消化 the best from many other local operas and become a comprehensive广泛的，综合的 performing art in which singing, music, dialogue, acrobatics杂技, martial arts 武术combine to create a spectacular [spekˈtkjələ(r)]惊人的; 场面富丽的，壮观的dramatic presentation. It mirrors the culmination [ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃn]高潮; 顶点 and distillation [ˌdɪstɪleɪʃn]升华of two thousand years of Chinese civilization. With increasingly frequently cultural exchange between China and the west, Beijing opera has been more and more popular all over the world and has attempted numerous reforms catering to the audience.。