Peking opera

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Chinese opera genre intangible cultural heritage traditional Chinese theatrical art form

Peking opera is a traditional Chinese theatrical art form that combines stylized singing, speech, dance, and acrobatics with elaborate costumes and symbolic makeup.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Peking opera canonical 9
Jingju 2
Beijing opera 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese opera genre ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
traditional Chinese theatrical art form ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Peking opera ⓘ
surface form: Beijing opera

Peking opera ⓘ
surface form: Jingju
artFormCombines acrobatics ⓘ
dance ⓘ
singing ⓘ
speech ⓘ
costumeStyle Ming dynasty style garments ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
developedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
feature conventionalized gestures ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ
fixed role types ⓘ
stylized performance ⓘ
symbolic facial makeup ⓘ
hasFamousPerformer Cheng Yanqiu ⓘ
Mei Lanfang ⓘ
Shang Xiaoyun ⓘ
Xun Huisheng ⓘ
hasFamousSchool Cheng school ⓘ
Mei school ⓘ
Shang school ⓘ
Xun school ⓘ
hasRoleType Chou ⓘ
Dan ⓘ
Jing ⓘ
Sheng ⓘ
importantCulturalCenter Beijing ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
influenced Chinese film performance style ⓘ
modern Chinese theatre ⓘ
influencedBy Kunqu ⓘ
Qinqiang ⓘ
majorCityOfDevelopment Beijing ⓘ
makeupType Lianpu (painted face patterns) ⓘ
musicalEnsembleIncludes jinghu ⓘ
percussion section ⓘ
yueqin ⓘ
originatedFrom Huizhou opera ⓘ
surface form: Anhui opera

Han opera ⓘ
primaryDialect Beijing dialect ⓘ
primaryLanguage Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
stageFeature conventional entrances and exits ⓘ
minimal props ⓘ
symbolic staging ⓘ
typicalTheme historical stories ⓘ
moral conflicts ⓘ
mythological tales ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2010 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
uses aria singing ⓘ
fixed melodic patterns ⓘ
percussive rhythmic patterns ⓘ
recitative ⓘ
spoken dialogue ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tan Dun → influencedBy → Peking opera ⓘ
Peking opera → alsoKnownAs → Peking opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jingju
Peking opera → alsoKnownAs → Peking opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beijing opera
huadan → usedIn → Peking opera ⓘ
Taiwanese opera → relatedTo → Peking opera ⓘ
Chinese opera → hasGenre → Peking opera ⓘ
Chinese opera → hasGenre → Peking opera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jingju
Chinese opera → hasUNESCOElement → Peking opera ⓘ
Huizhou opera → relatedArtForm → Peking opera ⓘ
China Drama Academy → artForm → Peking opera ⓘ
Seven Little Fortunes → genre → Peking opera ⓘ
Yuen Biao → trainedIn → Peking opera ⓘ