Peking opera, or Beijing opera (Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance...

Peking Opera Blues (traditional Chinese: 刀馬旦; simplified Chinese: 刀马旦; pinyin: Dāo Mǎ Dàn; Jyutping: dou1 maa5 daan2; Cantonese Yale: Dòu Máah Dáan) is...

opera, like the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing and the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts in Taipei. In learning Peking opera...

versions of the operas were all Peking operas and were produced by either the China Peking Opera House or the Shanghai Peking Opera House, although many...

hundred regional branches of traditional Chinese opera today. In the 20th century, the Peking opera emerged in popularity and has come to known as the...

particularly Peking opera.[citation needed] iQiyi released a talk show named Wang Peiyu Peking Opera Show alongside the drama, which features Peking opera performer...

116°22′47″E / 39.897404°N 116.379847°E / 39.897404; 116.379847 The Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre (Chinese: 正乙祠戏楼; pinyin: Zhèngyǐcí Xìlóu), located on a hutong...

and singing segments in Liyue opera are performed by Yang Yang. Yun Jin's character prototype is based on a Peking opera performer, with the development...

because of the prominent presence of cross-gender behavior. Peking Opera, also known as Beijing Opera, had male actors playing female dan characters. Men traditionally...

expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed at the Peking Opera School under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, as Jackie...

was a Peking opera actor who specialized in its "old male" (老生, laosheng) roles. He is considered one of the greatest grand masters of Peking Opera of the...

roles in Chinese opera, often referring to leading roles. They may be played by male or female actors. In the early years of Peking opera, all dan roles...

The China Drama Academy (Chinese: 中國戲劇學院) was a Peking opera school in Kowloon, Hong Kong, known for being the childhood home of such famous actors as...

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China. With more than 22 million residents, Beijing is the world's most populous national capital...

California, and raised in Anaheim. Her parents were performers with the Peking opera before they relocated to Anaheim, where they ran a successful pancake...

like Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing from the Legend of the White Snake. In Peking opera, the zhan'ao zhanqun (戰襖戰裙; "martial shirt, martial skirt") costume is...

During the Qing dynasty, Peking opera became popular. Peking opera developed from different opera styles. In 1790. various local opera troupes performed in...

one of the Seven Little Fortunes from the China Drama Academy at the Peking Opera School, where he studied acrobatics, martial arts, and acting. Chan has...

Yue opera (Chinese: 越剧; pinyin: Yuèjù), also known as Shaoxing opera, is a popular Chinese opera genre. Only Peking opera is considered more popular nationwide...

Chou is the clown role in Chinese opera. The Chou usually plays secondary roles in a troupe. Most studies of Peking opera classify the Chou as a minor role...

type in Chinese opera for "rough" or "mighty" male characters.[citation needed] In many genres (such as Peking opera and Cantonese opera), this role requires...

Li Shengsu is a Chinese Peking opera singer-actress who plays Dan roles. She began performing traditional Chinese opera from a young age and is a student...

Support of the World') is a modern Peking opera by composer Zhu Shaoyu. Staged by Zhang Yimou, directing his first Peking opera, the show premiered at the National...

a dan was a male actor who portrayed a leading female character in Peking opera. The term "Four Dan" was first coined in the 1920s to refer to four popular...

Lanfang, was a notable Chinese Peking opera artist in modern Chinese theater. Mei was known as "Queen of Peking Opera". Mei was exclusively known for...

role of a virtuous adult woman, or qingyi, the most important role in Peking opera. He was from Qingjiangpu District, Huai'an in eastern Jiangsu Province...

Taiwanese opera absorbed the styles of formal operas including Peking opera, Luantan opera (亂彈戲), Siping opera (四平戲), Liyuan opera (梨園戲), and Gaojia opera (高甲戲)...

as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited) Hoi Sang Lee as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited) Lau Hok Min as Peking Opera Thug (uncredited) Jackie Chan as Peking Opera...

The China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC), originally named the National Peking Opera Theater of China, is one of the national ensembles of performance...

one of the Seven Little Fortunes from the China Drama Academy at the Peking Opera School along with his "brothers" Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan. Yuen Biao...