Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Beijing Opera (Entertainment)
There are 300 or more types of operas in China but Beijng opera is the most popular one in China.The operas are Chinese traditional culture. Beijing opera made the listener relax and occasionally quite noisy.
A Beijing opera was instituted in 1790. The artist learnedtechniques from otherlocal operas. After that, Beijing opera was developed by the new artists. Now, it knows by the people in the world.
The character roles are divided into 4 types. 1. Sex 2. Age 3. Social status and 4. Profession. For example, Jing are the roles with painted their faces are usually warriors and demons. A clown[comic character] can show by distinctive make-up such as the white spot on their nose. The different colors represent various personalities. For example, black and white stand for wisdom and valor.
Using different colors indicate different status. E.g. yellow for the imperial family, red for high nobility. The other way is use a clothes to show their status.+
Thailand, we have a traditional culture show at night barza in Bangkok. It shows Korn. The people who play Korn wear the headgear. The characters had showed by the action. When I was young, I saw Korn was very popular. However, the people who saw the Korn was decrease.
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OK. Pretty good. You're using your own words. Are the other students reading your blog?? Not many comments. You should have 12 posts by the end of this week. You have 8 so far. I'll give you a score of 2 for most of these.
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