1. Friday May 25, 2018
      Home > News > Chinese Culture
      Text:| Print|

      Peking Opera seeks younger audience

      2013-02-05 16:26 CNTV     Web Editor: yaolan comment

      Peking Opera fans in Shanghai had the chance to see one of China's most famous Peking Opera performances last weekend at the Shanghai Grand Theater. "The Dragon and the Pheonix," also known as "Longfeng Chengxiang" featured more than 20 noted Peking Opera artists.

      The play was adapted from one section of the famous Chinese novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms." It tells the story of a political marriage between warlord Liu Bei and the sister of warlord Sun Quan, who occupied different lands during the Three Kingdoms era nearly 1,800 years ago. Sun lures Liu to his own city and marries his sister to Liu in order to trick him and win his land. But Liu counterattacks, and Sun loses both his own land and his sister.

      Audience member Chen Ying said, "I am a Beijing native, and I am a Peking Opera fan. Now I work and live in Shanghai, and I don't want to miss any good Peking Opera shows in town. I have seen several versions of the play, but this one is the best."

      Audience member Shen Mingming said, "I used to watch Peking Opera shows on TV with my grandparents at home. This is my first time watching Peking Opera at the theater. It's great. The play is easy to understand. I am looking forward to more shows."

      The show featured more than 20 noted Peking Opera artists from Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai. The artists say they spent more than two months preparing for the performance. And the new show has cut more than 30 minutes of narration to make it move faster.

      Peking Opera artist Zhu Qiang said, "It is a big production. Many of the minor roles are also acted by famous artists. "Longfeng Chengxiang" is good for its festive atmosphere. It has many characters, and they include the four main roles of Peking Opera, the male, female, painted face and clown. It really shows the charm of Peking Opera."

      China's four leading Peking Opera companies, The National Peking Opera Company and the Peking Opera Houses of Shanghai, Beijing, and Tianjin now put on more than 300 performances a year around the country. One manager says nearly 90 percent of their shows were sold out last year. But more than half the audience is over 50 years old.

      Reporter: "Peking Opera is one of China's iconic art forms. National Cultural authorities say they will continue to bring Peking Opera artists from around the country together to perform the best plays. And insiders say they are looking at different ways of attracting more young people to see the performances."

      Song Guanlin, president of China National Peking Opera Company, said, "China has started a project to film famous Peking Opera shows. In the next three years, we plan to make ten Peking Opera performances for the screen. We will stick to the original vision, but also try to make it easier to understand."

      Those ten shows include "Farewell My Concubine," or "Bawang Bieji," which played here last Thursday. The traditional Chinese art form is also trying to attract more foreign spectators. Back in 2006, the Shanghai Peking Opera Company adapted Shakespeare's Hamlet as its first attempt to make it easier for foreigners to understand the stories. Since then, it has produced eight such shows, including "Romeo and Juliet," "Macbeth," and "Turandot." The Shanghai Company has performed those shows in more than 20 countries.

       

      Comments (0)

      Copyright ©1999-2011 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
      Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

      主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲激情视频网站| 亚洲成AV人片久久| 四虎国产精品永免费| 国产成人免费手机在线观看视频| 亚洲youjizz| 毛片a级毛片免费观看免下载| 亚洲av无码不卡久久| 成人片黄网站A毛片免费| 亚洲精品无码人妻无码| 国产裸模视频免费区无码| 黄色一级视频免费观看| 国产午夜亚洲精品午夜鲁丝片| 日韩免费的视频在线观看香蕉| 亚洲成在人线aⅴ免费毛片| 亚洲国产成人精品无码区在线网站| 95老司机免费福利| 亚洲国产91在线| 四虎影视www四虎免费| 美女视频黄a视频全免费网站一区| JLZZJLZZ亚洲乱熟无码| 亚洲国产精品日韩av不卡在线| 免费看美女让人桶尿口| 香蕉国产在线观看免费| 亚洲区小说区图片区QVOD| 日日麻批免费40分钟无码| 亚洲一区电影在线观看| 国产老女人精品免费视频| av片在线观看永久免费| 国产中文字幕免费观看| 亚洲中文字幕无码一去台湾| 四虎www免费人成| 丰满人妻一区二区三区免费视频 | 2020久久精品国产免费| 亚洲另类无码专区首页| 国内精品久久久久久久亚洲| 99在线观看视频免费| 亚洲另类自拍丝袜第五页 | 午夜爱爱免费视频| 产传媒61国产免费| 久久亚洲精品成人无码网站| 国产成人3p视频免费观看|