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27 April 2008

Beijing OPERA

Falling in love with Pekin Opera , great Chinese Culture. After being fans of ' Huang Mei Xi ' for years , Beijing Opera comes up to be on my menu . I do believe a lot of art needs age , life experience and certain taste to appreciate , and with I'm getting older and older , before first wrinkle coming out, I admire my taste changes to another step ...

 

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From Wikipedia  :

Beijing opera or Peking opera (simplified Chinese: 京剧; traditional Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù) is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China.Major performance troupes are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai in the south.