A Crash Course in Beijing Opera
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- 01:19 - Beijing Opera's Historical Origin
06:56 - Beijing Opera's Role Categories
12:49 - Different Styles of Performance
13:20 - The Particular Way of Singing (Fake Voice)
15:00 - Painful Skills in Beijing Opera
16:57 - The Make-up Process
18:45 - Kun Qu Performer Turned Actress Li Qin
21:49 - Past vs Now (How performers are viewed)
Please Check out the following videos on Beijing Opera :
A UCLA lecture hosted by a famous Chinese male Dan role performer, showing a lot of skills
such as long sleeves dancing and the heeless high heel shoes performance:
www.bilibili.c...
BJ opera students singing contemporary songs in the BJ opera style, she is specialized in Old Female Roles (老旦）Starting from 02:02 she sings the song from The Untamed
www.bilibili.c...
BJ Opera student singing the title song of Ash of Love (不染), she is specialized in Qing Yi (青衣), a sub-category of Dan (female Roles), characters usually includes married young women. First half of the singing is done in normal voice, second half in Beijing Opera style
www.bilibili.c...
How BJ opera singers do make-up and hair
www.bilibili.c...
Some crazy skills demonstration, the first part is a female role on heeless high shoes plus a clown role's difficult moves; the second part features a few very difficult jump and fall skills or a female roll, the last two parts focuses on difficult prop use in "fighting" scenes
www.bilibili.c...
Li Qin's Kun Qu performance from many years ago
www.bilibili.c...
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In my opinion Winter Begonia is by far the best drama for 2020 👏🏻👏🏻 applause to both the main male actors
Agree 💖
Yap totally 👍
Genshin players need to watch this for some Knowledge on Yunjin’s character background and Beijing Opera
If you’re patient and ambitious enough, try watch a Kunqu performance, the dialect it uses is not intelligible even to many Chinese, but the elegance and intricacy are still stunning, I once watched the Kunqu adaptation of Macbeth, I was so moved. Thanks to my parents and grandparents, I enjoy different genres like Yueju, Yuju and Huangmeixi.
That's fascinating. I think when it comes to chinese culture that's often shunned even by chinese descendants overseas, being able to connect in such proximity to this heritage is a pure gift.
this show reminds me a lot of farewell my concubine ...such an amazing movie it is
YES! very tragic indeed
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Winter Begonia is my new obsession!
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During my younger years(early 1980's) I was lucky enough to see the Beijing Opera while visiting there. I was intrigued by the performance. But do to time restraints I was unable to stay long to watch. I wish I had known more about this art form at the time. I still find it fascinating. Thank for the splendid explanation.
I am from the caribbean(latin america) and I am in love with chinese opera, specially kunqu. I find the melodies and performances to be breathtakingly beautiful !
I really love chinese opera performances in theory. Like when someone explains what is happening on stage, the meaning of lyrics or movements. This video was really interesting to me. Sadly I can't tolerate the sound of their singing. Watching Winter Begonia is a rollercoaster for me...
I think the sound is something to acclimate yourself to hahaha
Slowly I've come to enjoy they way they sing
think of it as watching an art form separated from the world at large, just an art form unique to itself, then maybe you'll find it more enjoyable?
m.bilibili.com/video/BV1UJ41197Nf
This is Peking Opera singer singing modern song with normal singing and singing with Peking Opera singing. You can see the different singing methods before and after.
Thanks for the information on Beijing Opera! Growing up in Hong Kong in the 1970s, I would often stayed in the backstage of the opera house where my dad worked as a drummer.
It was quite an experience watching opera backstage because I could see the audience's expressions. So after I watched your first impression on Winter Begonia I had to watch it and I am loving it. It brings back my childhood memories. I rarely got to watch opera as an audience because I was too young and my dad would't allow me. Thanks again for the video! Take care and stay safe!!
Thank you so much for this crash course! I watched it and the links you provided just before watching the Winter Begonia episode in which Shang Xirui performs the dance on the drum. I was able to appreciate the episode so much more having seen the tutorial and UCLA lecture/performance by Mou Yuandi's, whose story and artistry were both amazing. I was also able to appreciate Joy of Life more thanks to your tutorials on the poetry. I found Avenue X because of Guardian. Your background info on that show, my favorite Chinese (or maybe any) drama helped fill in the context and added so much to my appreciation of the actors and the novel, too. I also very much appreciated your timely episode on the AO3/Xiao Zhan issue. Thank you for your hard work on behalf of us English-speaking Chinese drama fans. I look forward to all of your videos.
Didn't realized how early I was when I clicked. For those audience that don't know, here are some more actors/actresses that were originally training for traditional Chinese opera: Qin Hailu, Yuan Quan, Zeng Li (these three are classmates of the Central Academy of Drama, enrolled in '96), Xu Fan, Jiang Qinqin (she's also from Aveunue X's hometown Chongqing), Zheng Yecheng (graduated from National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts), Niu Junfeng (also atrended NACTA), Yu Shaoqun. These are all I could recall at the moment.
In the old days, such as when the Four Classic Novels (西游记Journey to the West, 红楼梦Dream of the Red Chamber, 三国演义Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and 水浒传Water Margin) were made into TV dramas by CCTV in the 80s and 90s, many actors(both M & F, this is when I hate English) had traditional Chinese theatre arts training background or some were even already professional. I believe for Dream of the Red Chamber, they actually went to those traditional theatre arts schools for casting.
JAZ23 i do wish they still do that. i'm tired of seeing serious and/or major costume roles go to inexperience actors.
@@RoseNZieg I'm tired of that too! In the old days, they did lots of prep work before filming, especially for the adaptation of classic/important literature. The Dream of the Red Chamber crew, after national auditions, put all those that passed to close reading of the original novel, analysis of the characters, and even learning 琴棋书画 (playing Qin, Chinese chess, calligraphy, and painting) to make the candidates more cultivated artistically, and then decided who were the best fits. That is why the drama adaptation can win the heart of the mass and stand the test of time.
Wow, that's a really interesting list of people!
just a note, you don't need to clarify "actors" as male + female since that's already a valid use in English
JAZ23 never saw it but i bet it showed through to the audience.
Liah QT Yeah, I know "actors" can refer to all, but the fact that there is the word "actress" to specifically refer to female bothers me at times.
As an opera singer myself I really enjoyed your explanation of the Beijing Opera. It is obviously different than western style opera but I loved learning about the different types of singers and some of the skills they need to perform. Lovely video! I’m glad I found your channel I’ve learned so much about so many things.
Oh no... What have you done... Now I'm going on a Beijing Opera singing binge! 😣😣😣 💞✌️❤️
ear drum safety warning~
It happened to me... I fell in love with kun qu opera, after years of finding it such a weird and funny sounding artform. The weirdness sparked my interest when I came across an online course about kun qu opera, I started following it and became fascinated with the high level of detail and meaning.
Now when I hear it, I only hear the beauty in it and it's difficult to imagine how funny and weird sounding I found it years ago :) . I don't even understand most of what they are singing (even with subtitles ;) ), but slowly I'm learning more and more. And in general chinese culture got me caught and caged... It started with a superficial interest in the chinese writing system and now I'm almost exclusively learning about chinese culture in my free time. I never expected it to happen :)
No wonder why Li Qin is so magnificent!
Thank you very much, you are just in time. Didn't regret about any minute spent here.
Thank you for your explanation of Beijing drama! In my teens, in my former home-town, I used to go with my mom to to watch he street operas in other dialects that also depicted the history and popular romance stories of ancient China! Although I didn t fully understand the story then, but I really enjoyed listening to the singing and looking at the costumes and the beauty of the stage!After your video, I decided to watch the movie Farewell my concubine, and I felt really sorry for the main lead! I will pickup where I left off watching Winter Begonia!
OMG Beijing opera is so mesmerizing, but sadly I know so little. Thanks for the video!!
Thank you for taking the time to offer a quick introduction to the various aspects of Beijing Opera and a bit of other Chinese Operas. I tried to look up the meaning of the Winter Begonia's Chinese title as I thought it might come from a poem but I read that it is a 梨园史诗 (pear orchard epic/poetic saga). I was wondering what is 梨园 and my mother told me it meant the world of the Chinese opera singers. Now thanks to you I have even more of the history regarding this term.
My mother's side of the family always enjoyed Beijing Opera even though they are Shanghaiese and also enjoyed other 戏曲 from the surrounding areas/cities. I remember one time mother was watching 曹可凡 (Cao KeFan, Shanghai TV personality) interviewing 王佩瑜 (links below), I believe she's a Beijing Opera singer who gave up her stage career in order to promote, to propagate, to teach this rich artistry to the new generation. She appears on singing contest shows, uses social media to reach a wider section of potential new viewers. She's doing what a Canadian orchestra conductor is doing in his/her outreach program at elementary schools to cultivate the next generation of audience.
The 2017 interview on YT (in Chinese only) is divided in 2 parts and here are the links
th-cam.com/video/NV-piubTVCU/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/oZxNVUb-IM4/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for making this! I'm so obsessed with this show (and the book~).
I want to read the book!
I ran into your excellent video due to the release of YunJin, a Beijing Opera performer in the video game Genshin Impact. Many Western players of this video game have not reacted well to the singing, including a lot of trolling and racism. YunJin is from Liyue, a region that is associated with China, and is the first character in Genshin Impact to feature a voice actor for regular dialogue and a professional Beijing Opera singer (Yang Yang) for the singing voice.
Thank you so much for this very informative video! :D I have to say I'm not from China but I remember very well when many years ago (when I was a teenager) on tv they were showing the Kunqu opera "The Peony Pavilion" which was aired over the cause of a couple days because I think the opera was 19 (?) hours long. I had no idea what it was, it had subtitles and I was mesmerized. I'm by no means an expert but until today I keep thinking about watching this opera. :D So yeah, I think you can have no understanding and still fall in love. But unfortunately these days such things are not aired anymore. :/ And of course it's much more beautiful to experience a opera live.
Thank you. Love this type of informative videos.👍
Thanks for this wonderful video. I'm combining it with reading a book by Xu Chengbei and, of course, watching videos of actual performances, and feel like I'm learning a bit about this whole new world.
Thank you for making this super informational video, Avenue! I just started watching Winter Begonia after your positive review and I'm really enjoying it so far. The show made me so curious about this style of Opera and I remembered you made videos on it, too, so this was great. :)
Just discovered your amazing channel - wow! Thank you for this incredible information. I can’t wait to check out the links ❤❤❤❤
@AvenueX, this is one of your best videos (along with FanXian Poems analysis). Thank you for the excellent erudition of Chinese culture. I'm a fan and your effort is much appreciated. Best,
ive been desperate to find beijing opera related content here on youtube! thank you!!
i grew up watching 70s 80s films that were heavily influenced by opera styles. half the times, i listen to lots of folk singing and modern folk alternative genres. i'm not hardcore about it but i have great appreciation for it when i see it.
I am loving this drama so far😍😍 I am new to your channel and I love your videos! Love from the USA
These people still exists in China. Lots of Opera Troupes still travel in China. And the stories of people 杂戏still makes me sad. Unlike their old counterparts where poor families in countryside selling their kids to Eunuchs, other families, brothels, new China has human trafficking, forcing their kids to join the state owned athlete's program, Beijing Dance Academy, Beijing Film and Arts school, in house factories with crazy hours, it's just a new regime but with a fresh coat of paint. The reason why theatre people are treated as such is because for centuries, low life people such as prostitutes sell their kids to theatre troupes because they couldn't afford to take care of them. The government doesn't do any social reforms because society because people think it's karma, it's fate, these class of people belong to this class. My dad always says, "戏班子永远都是戏班子，跟这样的人要挨一生。" In Chinese, there's a saying that to understand the truth about a society, one looks no further than how society treats their lowest of the low. In the West, you see many people are poor because of what they chose to do in life. In China, however, you see people are poor because society puts them to be like that. And that's sad.
Thank you so much!
I started watching Winter Begonia because of your review, and it is my recent fav!
Also, does anyone where / how I can read the book?
This was super interesting! Thank you for doing all the research and finding those extra videos. :D
My Grandpa used to watch so much Jingju🤣🤣🤣 I vividly remember "女老头" == Female old dudes🤣🤣
Thanks a lot for the crash course :-). My Dad loves Bejing Opera, watching it all day on TH-cam. Finally I learned a bit more about it.
I love, I love Beijing Opere, even I know... I cannot affort the understanding of language, the understanding of the meaning.. I need help for that... but all the rest... I enjoy and I want to learn the more that I can.. Your video is of great help and substance, and clearity and professional... you are amazing, dear AvenueX.. you are a fairy teacher... be blessed
very very informative content! I wouldn't have believed I would sit through a 26min video introducing Beijing opera but I did. I am not watching the drama but I do welcome introduction to traditional chinese craft. I do also like how its linked back to current entertainment landscape like which actors learned or practice the artform. Thanks.
Thank you very much for introducing us to the fascinating and beautiful world of Beijing Opera! You're a great teacher!
What you mentioned about opera singers being considered low class reminds me of what I've read about ballerinas during 1800-1900s in Russia. Thank you for the video!
Thanks a lot got this intro! Just finished WB and loved this so much. The UCLA’s presentation by Mou Yun Di is the best. One can really see the entire process and learn so much.
Another saved video! Thanks for explaining this complex art form. Really appreciate learning about this before I start watching Winter Begonia.
Thank you so much for this informative video. Watching a drama with these understandings will give viewers a much more fullfilling experience of being entertained and also educated. As an international fan of the drama, I cannot thank you enough for the researches, the simple explanations and references in your video. I hope we can all stay curious and conscious, like this, about our intake of entertainment.
Very insightful! Thank you. I have heard several actors say that they have a lot of respect for comedy actorship because it is far more difficult making people laugh than cry.
I love learning about the Chinese language and arts, especially. Thank you for these great videos. Well done, you!
没注意到原来没有字幕😂。up辛苦，这么用心介绍中国文化。和B站不太一样呢😜
Thank you so much for making detail video on beijing opera. It will help alot of cdrama lovers to know more about chinese culture especially art forms. Your video really help us to explore different and beautiful side of C-world ☺
God bless you and keep doing good work 😍
As always you never disappoint us ❤❤
Thank you so much. You're such a great teacher and ambassador of your culture. I got introduced to beijing opera through a series of skits on korean's gag concert. Not exactly a great introduction
I love Sichuan opera and have seen many time , I like to learn about traditioan and culture , Thanks for your insights knowledge its really intriguing
I´m so addicted to your channel. Thank you for sharing, is really interesting!!
Your work is amazing, I admire you ❤
Thank you for sharing and I’m obsess with the drama now :)
maybe someone here have the time to help me find the title or the opera song,,sung by Mu (phoenix) in the drama Legend of Fei Its just such a beautiful and emotional song it has been haunting me for a week now .anyway glad to have found your channel,the second link you posted I really love that special style of singing contemporary songs in the BJ opera style,can you recommend me any artists/ost that has that style of singing. much appreciated. xie xie
Like you Dan, I was fascinated by that scene and the actor in The Legend of Fei and would love to know more. So far my searches haven’t been successful 😕 but this video has opened the door on an intriguing art form. Thanks for another of your entertaining and informative videos AvenueX and all the links. I feel I am inadvertently undergoing an education in Chinese culture when all I came looking for originally was a recommendation for the next Netflix binge! So grateful to have found you 😀
@@troggytroglodytes560 about Phoenix opera song,I got some help from someone who can read chinese you can read our comments here th-cam.com/video/7tfjBCd-IYY/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgxuLMFqzN8JgJHQumR4AaABAg.9IUnGvU2oP89ItjQtUi-PT
sadly I guess we will have to contact the production team about this song ..
@@danhaden9933 thank you very much for your reply. It was interesting to read the information given in response to your question in the other channel but what a pity we cannot know more. That little piece really affected me in the drama.
thank you so much ! you always take your content to new level with every single show and I find myself excited to look forward your content with every single Chinese drama you review !
I won't say that I love Beijing Opera but I find it SO INTERESTING and this video give me so much info. so thank u for taking the time:)
and absolutly gonna watch winter begonia when it is done airing to appreciate it more ¬
Thank you very much for the vidio and for all your videos about Chinese culture and poetry. They are very enlightening. And I just love "Winter begonia". Hope everyone who watches it will fall in love with 京剧 and thanks to your help can start to understand it.
I actually like the song style of chines eopera - tho i might not be able to listen to it all day long, but i like it when its mixed within "normal" songs
Thanks for explaining all this, I knew it was a strict profession from what I’d heard from interviews with the Seven Little Fortunes and I can see why it makes great beginnings for martial artist too.
I’ve never watched any Beijing opera but I do like the costumes, it reminds me of Kabuki.
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So interesting, thank you !
Sooo interesting! Absolutly love each part of this very well elaborated video.
The links are a super super good idea because I can't find these chinese content by myself (I don't speak nor write chinese). The conference is so interesting, and the student singing 'Ash of Love' is epic!!
Thank you for your hard work in presenting this information to us newbies!
This was an excellent introduction! Thank you!
Winter begonia is one of the best drama with bromance concept in 2020. The two main leads and others actors really did a good job. And there is also no annoying characters in here. I mean not as main lead. Because most Cdrama will always have annoying female main lead. But here Mrs Cheng is a mature lady with high integrity. She respects her husband and trust him although sometime she have prejudice toward Shang xirui. But she handle it with professional and charismatic. She live up her name as Lady Fan. I love xirui and fengtai chemistry in here. Their personalities are different from each other but they are compatible. I like how Mr Cheng spoiled him because he understands him well. The acting of this two experience actors really lives up their name. I am actually very obessess and addicted to this drama. I even re-watch the drama again from episode 1. And this is second drama that I would do so. I don't really addicted or watch Cdrama because of long episode, let alone watch again but this one really addictive. While waiting for other episode, I would watch again and try to understand their Peking opera story. Most Cdrama I watched are with wuxia fantasy supernatural and mysterious such as mystic nine, lost tomb, ice fantasy, guardian, the untamed, once upon a time in lingjian mountains etc related. This is my first drama with realistic genre about Japan invasion and struggle if two bosom friends. As much as I want to know the ending, I also don't want it to end. Because I really want to see Yin Zheng gege and Huang xiao Ming gege together. They are so cute and loveable.
Sam Art it's like you plucked this out of my head
Thank you so much for all the research you've done! Beijing Opera is awesome
That picture of Meng Xiao Dong....she looks so much like the one female performer in 'Enter the Dragon'....the girl they were chasing to abuse that stabbed herself with the glass.
that’s why I come here from Genshin because of Yun Jin hit my feeling and I really wants to sing like Peking Opera so bad.
feel like want to give the drama a rewatching lately haha
I love love yhe drama and the actors
Absolutely fascinating!
Darth Maul is the most famous Jingju role🤣
Thank you for this explanation of Chinese opera.
Thank you so much for this videos! could you please maka video on Chinese classical dance?
Is there a US friendly video for the gal singing the Untamed song? The site does come up, but the audio does not
Fascinating.
Tqsm for your great information
Thank you
Thank you, keep up the good work!!!!!
I'm still exploring 您的连接 :-) the more I do the more grateful I become。对了, can you explain the meaning of the title? I believe it means a lot, but for 老外 (or it's just me) it's some kind of mumble-jumble, something like there is no apple crab red on the temples, if I am correct with the translation
I want to learn Beijing Opera so I can perform it on the Chinese bridge, how do I begin to practice?
Thank you very much for exploring all this and sharing it with us.
On the previous status of performers being adored, rich and famous yet considered on the same level as prostitutes; it was the same thing in the West for a long long time. Apparently a cross-cultural thing.
Love Kunqu!!!
how different are those operas to Taiwan's operas?
so interesting
I love "Bian Lian"
White flower is for mourning
I can't find the promised links anywhere :/
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@@AvenueX123 Ah now it's there :)
Very nice thanks!
now you know the pain sopranos go through!!!
Downloaded all eps watched 3 n liked it. I'm just sad to see their relationship is bromance tho rich guy clearly interested in Opera singer 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
welp, time to go down the Beijing Opera rabbit hole...wish me luck yall😭
I don't know any Black people I can share this with..