京劇英文介紹課件

1、Chinese traditional opera is considered one of the worlds three ancient operas, together with Greek tragedy and comedy, and Indian Sanskrit opera. Among the more than 360 ancient local operas in China, Peking Opera is known as Chinas national opera, despite its comparatively young 200-year history.1

2、Part one: Introduction of Beijing OperaPart two: Roles in Beijing OperaPart three: Beijing Opera in lifePart four:The Facial Painting2Origin 京劇非“京” Opera Although it is called Peking Opera, the origins of Peking Opera are not in Beijing but in the provinces of Anhui (East China) and Hubei (South-cen

3、tral China). Its rise is due in great part to the favorable eyes and patronage of the imperial royalties. 京味道 Peking is a purely Chinese opera form dating back to the year 1790, when the famous Four Anhui Opera Troupes first came to Beijing in celebration of the 80th birthday of Emperor Qianlong (17

4、11-1799) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The tour was a hit and the troupes stayed. In 1828, some famous Hubei Opera Troupe players came to Beijing.3It was after 1840 that Peking Opera formally took shape, growing even faster during the reign of the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908), who was an oper

5、a aficionado. Classic Peking Opera repertoires and the names of the first-generation masters were on the lips of the people in Beijing, and eventually prevalent around the country. 京劇是1840年以后正式形成了，慈禧太后（1835至1908年）是一個歌劇愛好者，在位期間京劇發(fā)展得更快。經(jīng)典京劇劇目和第一代大師的名字，經(jīng)過人民的傳誦，并最終在全國各地普遍存在。 生 Sheng: main male role four

6、 roles老生小生武生 旦Dan: young and beautiful femalefour roles正旦（青衣）：泛指旦中正角，不表現(xiàn)確定的性格特征。 大家有疑問的，可以詢問和交流可以互相討論下，但要小聲點(diǎn) 旦 Dan: young and beautiful femalefour roles花旦：花旦扮演性格活潑明快或潑辣放蕩的青年或中年女性，并常帶喜劇色彩。 旦 Dan: young and beautiful femalefour roles 旦 Dan: young and beautiful femalefour roles老旦old woman：扮演老年婦女。 旦 Dan

7、: young and beautiful femalefour roles彩旦ugly woman:一作丑旦、丑婆子，秦腔里也稱之為媒旦。扮演女性中的喜劇或鬧劇人物，實為女丑，故常由丑行兼扮 Four Great Dans（四大名旦）Mei Farewell My Concubine Cheng Injustice to Doue Shang Lady Zhaojun Going beyond the Great Wall Xun Matchmaker梅蘭芳荀慧生程硯秋尚小云凈Jing: painted faced malefour roles凈:主要扮演性格、品質(zhì)或相貌不同于一般、有突出特

8、征的男性人物 。Jing（凈）The Jing is a painted face male role 丑Chou: clown, male or female four rolesChou（丑）Redsignifies honesty,probity(正直),courage and braveryBlack said the types of facial makeup in operas is criticized(剛烈 ) people, integrity(正直 ), bravery and even reckless(魯莽 ), such as Zhang Fei.Yellow ty

9、pes of facial makeup in operas that vicious brutality(兇狠殘暴 ), such as Dian Wei. 典 韋英 布Blue or greentypes of facial makeup in operas that some of the figures represented irritable(粗豪暴躁 ), such as Dou Ambassador(竇爾敦), Ma Wu (馬武 ).Whitetypes of facial makeup in operas that cunning(狡猾的），self-willed(頑固的,treacherous（奸詐的）Goldentypes of facial makeup in operas that immortal(神仙） and monsterPurpletypes of facial makeup in operas that wisdom and bravery.Q