Cantonese opera
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Cantonese opera is a traditional Chinese performing art from the Cantonese-speaking regions that combines music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and stylized acting.
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese opera genre
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intangible cultural heritage → traditional Chinese performing art → |
| developedDuring |
Qing dynasty
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| flourishedIn |
20th century Hong Kong
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Republic of China period → |
| genreOf |
opera
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| hasCostumeStyle |
highly stylized historical costume
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| hasCulturalOrigin |
Cantonese-speaking regions
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Guangdong province → Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region → Hong Kong → Macau → |
| hasElement |
acrobatics
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dance → elaborate costumes → face painting → martial arts → music → percussion accompaniment → recitative → singing → spoken dialogue → string accompaniment → stylized acting → symbolic movement → |
| hasHistoricalOrigin |
late Ming dynasty
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| hasMakeupStyle |
symbolic facial patterns
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| hasNarrativeSource |
Chinese classical literature
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folk tales → historical romances → |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Hung Sin Nui
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Law Kar-ying → Ma Si-tsang → Pak Suet-sin → Yam Kim-fai → |
| hasPerformanceConvention |
codified gestures
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fixed role categories → minimal props → symbolic staging → |
| hasPreservationEffort |
community opera troupes
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government heritage programs → training schools in Hong Kong → |
| hasRoleType |
chou
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dan → huadan → jing → laodan → mo → sheng → wai → wudan → wusheng → xiaosheng → |
| hasTheme |
filial piety
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loyalty → martial heroism → romance → |
| hasUNESCOStatus |
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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| hasVocalStyle |
falsetto singing
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melismatic singing → |
| influenced |
Cantonese cinema
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Hong Kong popular culture → |
| inscribedAsIntangibleHeritageIn |
2009
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| partOf |
Chinese opera
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| performedAt |
dedicated opera theatres
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tea houses → temple fairs → temporary bamboo theatres → |
| recognizedBy |
UNESCO
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| usesInstrument |
erhu
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gaohu → percussion ensemble → pipa → yueqin → |
| usesLanguage |
Cantonese
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Yue Chinese → |