实用英语口语文化演讲-中国戏曲【Chinese Opera】

ChineseOperaLiangShanbo&ZhuYingtai/

TheButterflyLovers（梁祝）ChineseOperahasbeenacknowledgedasoneofthegreatestancientdramasintheworld,parallelingtheComediesandTragediesofGreeceandtheSanskrit（梵文）DramaofIndia.TheChineseoperaisatraditionalformofstageentertainment,weavingtogetherelementsofmime,dance,song,dialogue,swordplay,andacrobaticsintoonefluidcontinuousflow.Gestures,movementsandexpressionsincorporatedwithineachperformer'sscriptcometogethertobringforthanimpressiveperformance.Over300typesalltogetherBeijingOpera（京剧）YueOpera（越剧）HuangmeiOpera（黄梅戏）YuOpera（豫剧）PingOpera（评剧）KunOpera（昆剧）HebeiClapperOpera（河北梆子）ChuanOpera（川剧）YueOpera（越剧）LuOpera(吕剧）VarietiesofChineseOpera

BeijingOpera

BeijingOpera,oncecalled'PekingOpera',isthemostinfluentialandrepresentativeofalloperasinChinaandhasahistoryofover200years.BeijingOperaisnoticeableforfourhighlysystemizedcategoriesofsinging,acting,recitingandacrobaticfighting.Someofhismostfamousplaysare"TheDrunkenBeauty"(贵妃醉酒）and"FarewellMyConcubine."(霸王别姬）

TheFourrolesinBeijingOperaBeijingoperatypesoffacialmakeupinoperasarebasedoncertainpersonality,temperamentorsomespecialtypesoffiguresfortheuseofcertaincolors.京剧脸谱，是具有民族特色的一种特殊的化妆方法。由于每个历史人物或某一种类型的人物都有一种大概的谱式，就像唱歌、奏乐都要按照乐谱一样，所以称为“脸谱”。关于脸谱的来源，一般的说法是来自假面具。根据某种性格、性情或某种特殊类型的人物为采用某些色彩的。RedhasexpressedhiswarriorsofstrongtypesoffacialmakeupinoperassuchasGuanYu,JiangWeiandChangYuchun.红色有脸谱表示忠勇士义烈，如关羽Blacksaidthetypesoffacialmakeupinoperasmingcriticizedpeople,integrity,braveryandevenreckless,suchasZhangFei,LiKui黑色的脸谱表示刚烈、正直、勇猛甚至鲁莽，如包拯、张飞、李逵Yellowtypesoffacialmakeupinoperasthatviciousbrutality,suchasYuwenChengdu,andDianWei.黄色的脸谱表示凶狠残暴，如宇文成都、典韦.Blueorgreentypesoffacialmakeupinoperasthatsomeofthefiguresrepresentedirritable,suchasDouAmbassador,MaWu.蓝色或绿色的脸谱表示一些粗豪暴躁的人物，如窦尔敦、马武等Generaltreacherouscourtofficialsaidthetypesoffacialmakeupinoperaswhite,badguys,suchasCaoCao,ZhaoGao白色的脸谱一般表示奸臣、坏人，如曹操、赵高等

Goldandsilverareusedonfacesofdeities,spiritsanddemons.

金色/银色：用于佛祖和神仙一类人物以及一些比较有法力的精怪，如如来佛、二郎神

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

KunquOpera

ZhejiangisthehomeofYuejuOpera,oneofthemostprominentformsofChineseopera.Itisasoundcombinationofclassicalessenceofdramaanddistinctivebrandofthetimes.

YuejuOpera

Huangmeiopera

IfyouwanttogotoAnhui,Huangshanyoumust,wemustlistentoHuangmeiPlay!ItisaformoftraditionalChi