中国文化导论 lecture Five (Arts).ppt

Dan Dan refers to various female roles, including laodan (老旦), qingyi (青衣 or 正丹 雍容华贵、身份显赫的妇女，杨贵妃), huadan (花旦 young ladies)， wudan (武旦, eg.青蛇) caidan (彩旦, 丑婆子，东施). Four Great Dan Actors Mei Lanfang梅兰芳 Shang Xiaoyun尚小云 Four Great Dan Actors Cheng Yanqiu 程砚秋 Xun Huisheng 荀慧生 Four Great Dan Actors Jing (Hua Lian) The Jing is a romantic, exaggerated Beijing Opera role. The characters are mostly cheerful, honest, gallant (豪侠的), and intrepid (刚毅的) men or treacherous (奸诈的) and cruel men. 正净（大花脸, 唱功） 副净（二花脸，做功） 武净（武花脸） Chou The chou characters are sharp-witted, clever, humorous, honest, and kind men. wenchou (文丑: comic civilian roles) who speak, act, and sing wuchou (武丑: arcobatic fighting comic roles) whose performance involves both speaking and acrobatic fighting. Chou Facial Makeup and Costumes There are two ways to distinguish a character’s personality or role type. The first is to understand the color code of the painted face. The second is to distinguish the lines and patterns drawn on the face. 红色脸 象征忠义、耿直、有血性； 黑色脸 既表现性格严肃，不苟言笑； 蓝色脸 表现性格刚直，桀骜不驯； 绿色脸 勇猛，莽撞。 Costumes Different robe colors indicate different social status or people: yellow for imperial family red for nobility red and blue for violent people scholars--blue gowns generals--padded armor emperors--dragon-patterned robes Beijing Opera 《贵妃醉酒》选段 /vblog/news/201203/cd099874-6bbf-4220-8452-dacf0f160eb9.shtml Other Major Traditional Chinese Opera Kunqu Opera 昆曲 Shaanxi Opera 秦腔 Chuan Opera 川剧 Yue Opera 越剧 Huangmei Opera 黄梅戏 Yue Opera 粤剧 Yu Opera 豫剧 Kunqu Opera Kunqu Opera is considered the mother of many other types of traditional operas. It originated from early folk operas popular in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province and had reached its peak of popularity by the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. In 2001, it was listed in the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultur