Chapter5

BeijingOperaWenzhenZhangtheChinesecharactersforBeijingOperaThischapterisaboutJīngjù.ItcamefromthesouthofChinatoBeijingandwasformedbyinter-exchangebetweenactors.Youwilllearnsomethingofeverythingaboutallaspectsoftheoperainthischapter.

OutlineBeijingOperaA.TypesofFacialMakeupB.TypesofRolesC.TraditionsoftheBeijingOpera1.TheMakingoftheBeijingOpera2.FeaturesoftheBeijingOpera.A.TypesofFacialMakeupintheBeijingOpera

Liǎnpǔ

臉譜facialmakeupinChineseHehadthegutstostealaroyalhorse.Hewasskillfulinusingeachandeveryoneofthe18weapons,especiallythehook-likehand-guardswords.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Hisnamemeansfeather,theoneaslongascloud.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Aprimeministeronceexpressedhisfeelingsinaverse:Enjoywineandsongwhilewecan,forlifeisshort.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Hewasamightywarrior,usingahalberd,aspearwithadoubleswordhead.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Hegotamoon-shapescaronhisforeheadmadebyahorsehoofwhenhewasyoung.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Hewasamightywarrior,usingalancewithaheadofthesnake’sforkedtongue.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Hekills.Helies.He’sfondofwomenandwine.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Anoldgeneralcarriedarodonhisbackandaskedtobethrashed.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Aprinceofghostswhomarriedoffhissistertohishometownfriend.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?HemethisWaterlooatthebattleofGaixia.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Hehastheskillstotransformhimselfin72differentways.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?Hecoulddanceonadrumwithoutmakinganysound.ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaWHOISHE?說唱臉譜

ShuoChangLianpu

LánliǎndeDòu?rdùndàoyǜmǎ藍臉的竇爾敦盜御馬藍臉的竇爾敦盜禦馬Lyricsby閻肅，Musicby姚明，sungby謝津(theblue-faceErdunDoustoletheroyalhorse)HónɡliǎndeGuānGōnɡzhànChánɡshā紅臉的關公戰(zhàn)長沙紅臉的關公戰(zhàn)長沙

ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOpera(thered-faceSirGuanfoughtatChangsha)HuánɡliǎndeDiǎnWéi

黃臉的典韋

黃臉的典韋

ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOpera(theyellow-faceWeiDian)BáiliǎndeCáoCāo白臉的曹操

白臉的曹操

ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOpera(thewhite-faceCaoCao)HēiliǎndeZhānɡFēijiàozhāzhāɑh黑臉的張飛叫喳喳啊黑臉的張飛叫喳喳啊ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOpera(theblack-faceFeiZhangshoutedloudly)The12Examples:OneByOne

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hook-likehand-guardswordsThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperagallantsymbolichavethegutstostealaroyalhorse18Weaponsdaoqiangjiànjifuyuegoucha,bianjiǎnchuizhuatanglianshuobang,guaizi,liuxing(thepronunciationofthe12weaponsinChinese)刀槍劍戟刀槍劍戟斧鉞鉤叉斧鉞鉤叉鞭鐧錘抓鞭锏錘抓鎲鏈槊棒镋鏈槊棒拐子流星拐子流星(theChinesecharactersofthe12weapons)GuangongGuanYu,akaYunchang關羽，

字云長ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaDianWeiaChinesehalberdThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaCaoCao對酒當歌人生幾何ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOpera(enjoywineandsongwhilewecan,forlifeisshort)ZhangFei

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ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperatofly;charactersinbothtraditional&modernChineseBaogongcrescentThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaZhuBajierakeThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaLianPo和ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperatheChinesecharactermeaningtomakepeacewitheachotherZhong

KuiThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaXiangYushòu壽壽ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperalonglife;charactersinbothmodern&traditionalChineseSunWukong佛ThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperatheChinesecharactermeaningBuddhaShiQiankitetypeThemePlayingCardFacialMakeupsinBeijingOperaKingofLanlingOneversionofoperahistorytracestheoriginofthetypesoffacialmakeuptoabout1500yearsago,,,B.TypesofRolesHánɡdànɡ行當WhichtypesofrolesofBeijingOperahaveamask-likepaintedface(臉譜)?A).Sheng(生).B).Dan(旦).C).Jing(凈).D).Chou(丑).paintedfaceJing大花臉TheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.32Moneyorlife?小花臉TheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.35paintedfaceChouhandsomemenWhoisolderinyears?TheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.45theroleof

danTheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.59Whattypeofrole,

wouldTangSeng,theBuddhistmonk,playinBeijingOpera?.C.Traditionsof

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=jīngjù(京劇)1790TwochieftypesofmelodiesintraditionalChineseoperaswerecombinedinPeking(nowBeijing).Costumesofsharplycontrastingcolors

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TheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.51OnecostumetypeisanofficialrobewhichisembroideredwithdifferentkindsofChinesedragonsshowingwithfourorfiveclaws.TheBand文wénTheinstrumentsfortheorchestraaremainlytheHuqin(Chineseviolin),Erhu（two-stringedfiddle）,Yueqin(four-stringedfull-moon-shapedguitar),Sheng(reedpipe)andPipa(lute).ChinesecharacterforapeacefulsceneThebandsitsontheleftsideofthestage.TheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.115

武wǔTheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.171Chinesecharacterforabattlescene

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TheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.113amelodycommonlyplayedinBeijingOperaFeaturesoftheBeijingOperaImaginedPerformanceStylizedPerformanceIntegratedPerformanceImaginedPerformance水?shuǐTheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.174Whereisthewater?table≠table?TheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.160StylizedPerformanceorchidTheTrueBeautyofPekingOpera.176HowtofanDanfansherselfaboutherchest,Shengfanshimselfabouthisbelly,andJingfanshimselfabouthiship.IntegratedPerformancehézhé

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