Bangzi Art

	Bangzi Art Bangzi (梆子), also known as Bangzi opera and Clapper opera, may refer to several closely related Chinese opera genres: Henan opera, from Henan Hebei bangzi, from Hebei Qinqiang Qinqiang (秦腔, pinyin: Qín qiāng, literally "Qin's tune") is a genre of folk Chinese opera originated in Shaanxi Province of Qing China in 1807 and soon took over other genres to be the representative genre of the province. Historically, th ..., from Shaanxi Shanxi opera, from Shanxi See also * Four Great Characteristic Melodies {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Chinese Opera Traditional Chinese opera (), or ''Xiqu'', is a form of musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China. It is an amalgamation of various art forms that existed in ancient China, and evolved gradually over more than a thousand years, reaching its mature form in the 13th century, during the Song dynasty (960–1279). Early forms of Chinese theater are simple, but over time various art forms such as music, song and dance, martial arts, acrobatics, costume and make-up art, as well as literary art forms were incorporated to form traditional Chinese opera. Performers had to practice for many years to gain an understanding of the roles. Exaggerated features and colors made it easier for the audience to identify the roles portrayed. There are over a hundred regional branches of traditional Chinese opera today. In the 20th century the Peking opera emerged in popularity and has come to known as the "national theatre" of China, but other genres like Yue ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Henan Opera Yu opera (), or Yuju opera, sometimes known as Henan bangzi"Bangzi" meaning wooden clappers with bars of unequal length (), is one of China's famous national opera forms, alongside Peking opera, Yue opera, Huangmei opera and Pingju. Henan province is the origin of Yu opera. Henan's one-character abbreviation is "" (yù), and thus the opera style was officially named "" (Yùjù) after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The area where Yu opera is most commonly performed is in the region surrounding the Yellow River and Huai River. According to statistical figures, Yu opera was the leading opera genre in terms of the number of performers and troupes. While Yu opera is often called “Henan opera” in English, within Henan it is considered to be just one of the province’s three most important forms of opera (the other two are Quju 曲剧 and Yuediao 越调). Outside Henan, provinces such as Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qingh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hebei Bangzi ''Hebei bangzi'' ( 河北梆子) is a genre of Chinese opera from the northern province of Hebei. It may also be found in the nearby cities of Beijing and Tianjin, as well as in Shandong, Henan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia, as well as some areas south of the Yangtze River such as Shanghai and Wuhan. ''Hebei bangzi'' is derived from ''Qinqiang'' and '' Shanxi bangzi'' operas, which were introduced to Hebei during the middle of the Qing Dynasty.Hebei Bangzi at ChinaCulture.org . Retrieved March 30, 2015. It is sung in Beijing dialect The Beijing dialect (), also known as Pekingese and Beijingese, is the prestige dialect of Manda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Qinqiang Qinqiang (秦腔, pinyin: Qín qiāng, literally "Qin's tune") is a genre of folk Chinese opera originated in Shaanxi Province of Qing China in 1807 and soon took over other genres to be the representative genre of the province. Historically, there were two separate genres both referring themselves as Qinqiang, the one with a longer history was later renamed as Handiao Erhuang (汉调二簧), while the newer genre is the topic of this article. The genre features ''bangzi'' (wooden clapper) as its accompanying instruments, from which it derives its other names, ''Bangzi opera'' and luàntán ( 亂彈, literally "hit in chaos"). Bangzi tune is considered one of China's Four Great Characteristic Melodies. Qinqiang is the representative of the Bangzi opera and the most important origin of other Bangzi operas. It plays a key role in Chinese traditional culture as its birth and development process is the result of the development of Chinese local opera since ancient times. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shanxi Opera Shanxi opera, or Jin opera, is the most prominent form of Chinese opera form in the province of Shanxi. Jin opera is one of the four great operatic traditions of Shanxi, along with Pu opera, Beilu clapper opera 北路梆子, and Shangdang clapper opera 上党梆子. Shanxi opera developed in central Shanxi during the Qing dynasty, by incorporating local rice-planting song styles into Puju, a related genre from southern Shanxi. In the early 20th century, the popularity of Shanxi opera spread into other provinces like Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia, thanks to the dominance of Shanxi merchants Shanxi merchants, also known as Jin merchants (), were the group of merchants from Shanxi province, China. ''Jin'' is an abbreviated name of Shanxi. Even though the history of noticeable Shanxi merchants can be dated back to as early as the Spring ... in Chinese trade. Male roles are usually played by women. References {{Chinese opera Chinese opera Culture in Shanxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]