Chinese opera
E181412
Chinese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art that combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics to tell stories through highly stylized costumes, makeup, and movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese opera canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1592660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese opera Context triple: [Han Chinese, culturalHeritage, Chinese opera]
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A.
Peking opera
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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B.
Cantonese opera
Cantonese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art from the Cantonese-speaking regions that combines music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and stylized acting.
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C.
China Theater
The China Theater was a major World War II military theater of operations in East Asia, where Allied forces, particularly Chinese and American, coordinated campaigns against Japanese forces.
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D.
Chinese Theatre facade
The Chinese Theatre facade is the iconic, replica entrance of Hollywood’s historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre that serves as the visual centerpiece and landmark of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
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E.
Wayang
Wayang is a traditional Indonesian theatrical art form, most famously involving intricately carved shadow puppets used to dramatize epic stories and moral tales.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese opera Target entity description: Chinese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art that combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics to tell stories through highly stylized costumes, makeup, and movement.
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A.
Peking opera
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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B.
Cantonese opera
Cantonese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art from the Cantonese-speaking regions that combines music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and stylized acting.
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C.
China Theater
The China Theater was a major World War II military theater of operations in East Asia, where Allied forces, particularly Chinese and American, coordinated campaigns against Japanese forces.
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D.
Chinese Theatre facade
The Chinese Theatre facade is the iconic, replica entrance of Hollywood’s historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre that serves as the visual centerpiece and landmark of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
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E.
Wayang
Wayang is a traditional Indonesian theatrical art form, most famously involving intricately carved shadow puppets used to dramatize epic stories and moral tales.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intangible cultural heritage
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theatrical genre ⓘ traditional performing art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major form of traditional Chinese culture ⓘ |
| developedInPeriod |
Ming dynasty
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Qing dynasty ⓘ Song dynasty ⓘ Yuan dynasty ⓘ late Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
chou
ⓘ
dan ⓘ jing ⓘ Sheng ⓘ
surface form:
sheng
|
| hasComponent |
acrobatics
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dance ⓘ mime ⓘ music ⓘ vocal performance ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
conventionalized gestures
ⓘ
fixed role categories ⓘ symbolic stage props ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
Cantonese opera
ⓘ
Huangmei opera ⓘ Hunan opera ⓘ Peking opera ⓘ
surface form:
Jingju
Kunqu ⓘ Peking opera ⓘ Qinqiang ⓘ Sichuan opera ⓘ Yue opera ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOElement |
Kunqu opera
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Peking opera ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese popular culture
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East Asian theatre ⓘ |
| language | various Chinese dialects ⓘ |
| notableDialect |
Cantonese
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
surface form:
Mandarin
Wu Chinese ⓘ |
| performanceSetting |
outdoor stage
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teahouse ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | storytelling ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| typicalInstrument |
dizi
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drums ⓘ erhu ⓘ gongs ⓘ jinghu ⓘ pipa ⓘ suona ⓘ yueqin ⓘ |
| uses |
elaborate makeup
ⓘ
stylized costumes ⓘ symbolic movement ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chinese opera Description of subject: Chinese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art that combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics to tell stories through highly stylized costumes, makeup, and movement.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.