Clown is a programmed role in China's plays, and generally plays a funny role in gag. Because it is said that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty loved acting in those days, he played a clown in the next stage of performance. Playing the clown in the palace amused Yang Guifei, and the clown of a generation of emperors was detrimental to national prestige, so he hung a piece of white jade on his nose.
So later, the clown's face was smeared with white powder, and the clown was always the first to make up, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty was regarded as the originator of China's drama, so the head of the traditional troupe was a clown, and the third dean of China Theatre Academy was the famous clown Mr. Xiao Changhua.
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Peking Opera, once called Pingju, is one of the five major dramas in China. The scene layout pays attention to freehand brushwork, and the timbre is mainly Xipi and Huanger, supplemented by huqin and gongs and drums. It is regarded as the quintessence of China and the "top spot" of China's opera Sandingjia.
Anhui Opera is the predecessor of Beijing Opera. Since the 55th year of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty (1790), four Huizhou classes, Sanqing, Sixi, Chuntai and Hechun, which originally performed in the south, have successively entered Beijing to cooperate with artists from Hubei.
At the same time, it also accepted some plays, tunes and performance methods of Kunqu Opera and Shaanxi Opera, and absorbed some local folk tunes. After constant communication and integration, Peking Opera was finally formed. After the formation of Peking Opera, it began to develop rapidly in the Qing court until the Republic of China.
Beijing Opera, centered on Beijing, has spread all over the world and become an important medium to introduce and spread China's traditional art and culture. 20 10, 1 10, 16, Peking Opera was listed in the "Representative List of World Intangible Cultural Heritage".
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