實用英語口語文化演講-中國戲曲【Chinese Opera】

ChineseOperaLiangShanbo&ZhuYingtai/

TheButterflyLovers（梁祝）ChineseOperahasbeenacknowledgedasoneofthegreatestancientdramasintheworld,parallelingtheComediesandTragediesofGreeceandtheSanskrit（梵文）DramaofIndia.TheChineseoperaisatraditionalformofstageentertainment,weavingtogetherelementsofmime,dance,song,dialogue,swordplay,andacrobaticsintoonefluidcontinuousflow.Gestures,movementsandexpressionsincorporatedwithineachperformer'sscriptcometogethertobringforthanimpressiveperformance.Over300typesalltogetherBeijingOpera（京劇）YueOpera（越?。〩uangmeiOpera（黃梅戲）YuOpera（豫?。㏄ingOpera（評?。㎏unOpera（昆?。〩ebeiClapperOpera（河北梆子）ChuanOpera（川?。℡ueOpera（越?。㎜uOpera(呂?。￢arietiesofChineseOpera

BeijingOpera

BeijingOpera,oncecalled'PekingOpera',isthemostinfluentialandrepresentativeofalloperasinChinaandhasahistoryofover200years.BeijingOperaisnoticeableforfourhighlysystemizedcategoriesofsinging,acting,recitingandacrobaticfighting.Someofhismostfamousplaysare"TheDrunkenBeauty"(貴妃醉酒）and"FarewellMyConcubine."(霸王別姬）

TheFourrolesinBeijingOperaBeijingoperatypesoffacialmakeupinoperasarebasedoncertainpersonality,temperamentorsomespecialtypesoffiguresfortheuseofcertaincolors.京劇臉譜，是具有民族特色的一種特殊的化妝方法。由于每個歷史人物或某一種類型的人物都有一種大概的譜式，就像唱歌、奏樂都要按照樂譜一樣，所以稱為“臉譜”。關(guān)于臉譜的來源，一般的說法是來自假面具。根據(jù)某種性格、性情或某種特殊類型的人物為采用某些色彩的。RedhasexpressedhiswarriorsofstrongtypesoffacialmakeupinoperassuchasGuanYu,JiangWeiandChangYuchun.紅色有臉譜表示忠勇士義烈，如關(guān)羽B(yǎng)lacksaidthetypesoffacialmakeupinoperasmingcriticizedpeople,integrity,braveryandevenreckless,suchasZhangFei,LiKui黑色的臉譜表示剛烈、正直、勇猛甚至魯莽，如包拯、張飛、李逵Yellowtypesoffacialmakeupinoperasthatviciousbrutality,suchasYuwenChengdu,andDianWei.黃色的臉譜表示兇狠殘暴，如宇文成都、典韋.Blueorgreentypesoffacialmakeupinoperasthatsomeofthefiguresrepresentedirritable,suchasDouAmbassador,MaWu.藍(lán)色或綠色的臉譜表示一些粗豪暴躁的人物，如竇爾敦、馬武等Generaltreacherouscourtofficialsaidthetypesoffacialmakeupinoperaswhite,badguys,suchasCaoCao,ZhaoGao白色的臉譜一般表示奸臣、壞人，如曹操、趙高等

Goldandsilverareusedonfacesofdeities,spiritsanddemons.

金色/銀色：用于佛祖和神仙一類人物以及一些比較有法力的精怪，如如來佛、二郎神

QunquOperaoriginatedintheSuzhouGardens,themostexquisite,picturesqueandculturedplacesinChina.Asthecurrentmostancientdramaform,KunquOperaisoneoftheoriginalthreeoftheworld'slargestancientdramas.

KunquOpera

ZhejiangisthehomeofYuejuOpera,oneofthemostprominentformsofChineseopera.Itisasoundcombinationofclassicalessenceofdramaanddistinctivebrandofthetimes.

YuejuOpera

Huangmeiopera

IfyouwanttogotoAnhui,Huangshanyoumust,wemustlistentoHuangmeiPlay!ItisaformoftraditionalChi