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Representative Works of Kunqu Opera

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The Long Slope

The Long Slope
This opera recounts the story of the conflict which took place between Liu Bei and Cao Cao during...

The Two Strange Encounters

The Two Strange Encounters
This opera, which is also known as The Horse Trader's Chronicle, is an item traditionally...

Drum Song of Peking

Drum Song of Peking
Drum Song of Peking is a Chinese traditional art of Quyi (Chinese folk art forms) performance...

Fifteen Strings of Bronze Coin Cash is a representative detective story in the repertoire of Kunqu Opera, which narrates how an official with a high sense of responsibility comes upon a queer case and unravels it through conscientious efforts. With lively enthralling plots, the drama appeals greatly to the ordinary audience in China. Peony Pavilion is a representative love story in the repertoire of Kunqu Opera, which tells of how a couple of young lovers die for love and miraculously come back to life for the simple reason of love. This drama has been favored by the literati and young lovers in China.

Kunqu Opera

Kunqu Opera
Kunqu Opera
Kunqu Opera is a sort of stage art. Its name suggests that it originates in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province. Originally called Kunshan Accent or abbreviated as Kun Accent, it has been called Kunqu Opera since the Qing Dynasty. It is also called Kun Opera nowadays.
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  • Status of Kunqu Opera in China's Operas
    Status of Kunqu Opera in China's Operas
    Status of Kunqu Opera in China's Operas
    Kunqu Opera boasts a history of 600 years, which is over four hundred years earlier than the birth of Beijing Opera.
  • Famous Kunqu Actor Yu Zhenfei
    Famous Kunqu Actor Yu Zhenfei
    Famous Kunqu Actor Yu Zhenfei
    Born in the late years of the Qing Dynasty, Yu Zhenfei was an outstanding artist of Kunqu Opera. Fairly accomplished in classic literature, he blended perfectly in his performance the quintessence...
  • Kunqu Opera on the Screen
    Kunqu Opera on the Screen
    Kunqu Opera on the Screen
    Taiwan film director Yang Fan applied Kunqu Opera to the film Peony Pavilion, whose leading actress Rie Miyazawa won the best leading actress for this film at the Moscow Film Festival.

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