3. U.S.A opera Chinese opera

4. H OW C HINESE O PERA S TARTED It was the emperors birthday so the people of china did an act of singing, dancing, and acrobatics it was so good and fun the people wanted to do it again and the emperor wanted to see it again and again it was later, decided it would be called opera.

5. A little More About Chinese Opera…… Chinese opera (Chinese: 戏曲 / 戲曲 ; Pinyin: xìq ǔ ) is a popular form of drama and musical theatre in China with roots going back as far as the third century CE. There are numerous regional branches of Chinese opera, of which the Beijing opera (Jingju) is one of the most notableChinese Pinyin dramamusical theatreChinaBeijing opera

8. W HO C AN B E IN C HINESE O PERA ?

9. “IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEIJING OPERA WAS ENCOURAGED; MANY NEW OPERAS ON HISTORICAL AND MODERN THEMES WERE WRITTEN, AND EARLIER OPERAS CONTINUED TO BE PERFORMED. AS A POPULAR ART FORM, OPERA HAS USUALLY BEEN THE FIRST OF THE ARTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CHINESE POLICY.”PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA BEIJING OPERA Something I found Interesting Well I Was Searching The Web…..

10. WHAT CHINESE OPERA USED TO BE LIKE.

11. Chinese Vocabulary 1) 京剧 Jingju (Beijing opera) 2) Zaju (Northern opera) 3) 扇 shàn (Fan)shà 4) huà zhuāng p ǐ n (Makeup) huàzhuāngp ǐ n 5) 雨伞 y ǔ s ǎ n (Umbrella) 雨伞 y ǔs ǎ n

12. H ERE IS WHAT C HINESE OPERA IS ….. www.chinese opera.com Videos

13. I HOPE YOU GET TO SEE A C HINESE O PERA If you don’t your missing a lot!

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