Peking Opera：An icon of traditional Chinese culture 京劇：中華優秀傳統文化的象征

李寧

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Peking Opera is the most influential traditional opera in China. Centered in Beijing，it has spread to all parts of the country. To inherit this national treasure， it was listed as anational intangible cultural heritage in 2006， and registered on the UNESCO Representa?tive List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.

There are four major types of roles in Peking Opera， including Sheng， Dan， Jing andChou. 1 Each role type has its own style of singing， reciting， acting and acrobatics aswell as complete standard of costumes and facial makeup.

as complete standard of costumes and facial makeup.2 Every kind of Peking Opera makeup has its own unique application method，but they are all based on one particular color with exaggerated， beautified or symbolic lines.The drawings mainly focus on the five sense organs. Each historical figure uses makeupwith each color representing a particular character， which is easily identified. 3

Peking Opera， which remains highly popular in China， also has won many fans fromacross the world， serving as an important means of introducing and spreading traditionalChinese culture. 4 Like other forms of opera， it has suffered from falling interest fromboth younger audiences and performers alike with the declining number of traditional plays.

5 They are mainly excerpts from classic literary works or legends linked to his?torical events， such as famous battles and love stories， and many of them are well known inChina.

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A. They are sorted by different standards.

B. Peking Opera is a comprehensive stage art.

C. They are seen as the foundation of Peking Opera.

D. Peking Opera facial makeup is known as one of the traditional Chinese cultures.

E. However， with rapid social changes， it is losing the attention of modern society.

F. There are around 200 stories that are commonly performed in Peking Opera.

G. Specifically， red faces stand for loyal characters， black and blue faces for neutral.

LanguageStudy

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Peking Opera， which remains highly popular in China， also has won many fans fromacross the world， serving as an important means of introducing and spreading traditionalChinese culture. 京劇在中國仍然很受歡迎，也贏得了來自世界各地的許多粉絲，是介紹和傳播中華優秀傳統文化的重要手段。

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as well as 除……之外；也；還

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focus on 集中注意力于

serve as 充當；擔當

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be linked to 與……有關系

be seen as 被看作……

be known as 作為……而著名