Peking opera

E175140

Peking opera is a traditional Chinese theatrical art form that combines stylized singing, speech, dance, and acrobatics with elaborate costumes and symbolic makeup.

All labels observed (11)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese opera genre ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
traditional Chinese theatrical art form ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beijing opera ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera

Jingju ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
artFormCombines acrobatics ⓘ
dance ⓘ
singing ⓘ
speech ⓘ
costumeStyle Ming dynasty style garments ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
developedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
feature conventionalized gestures ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ
fixed role types ⓘ
stylized performance ⓘ
symbolic facial makeup ⓘ
hasFamousPerformer Cheng Yanqiu ⓘ
Mei Lanfang ⓘ
Shang Xiaoyun ⓘ
Xun Huisheng ⓘ
hasFamousSchool Cheng school ⓘ
Mei school ⓘ
Shang school ⓘ
Xun school ⓘ
hasRoleType Chou ⓘ
Dan ⓘ
Jing ⓘ
Sheng ⓘ
importantCulturalCenter Beijing ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
influenced Chinese film performance style ⓘ
modern Chinese theatre ⓘ
influencedBy Kunqu ⓘ
Qinqiang ⓘ
majorCityOfDevelopment Beijing ⓘ
makeupType Lianpu (painted face patterns) ⓘ
musicalEnsembleIncludes jinghu ⓘ
percussion section ⓘ
yueqin ⓘ
originatedFrom Anhui opera ⓘ
linked to: Huizhou opera

Han opera ⓘ
primaryDialect Beijing dialect ⓘ
primaryLanguage Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO ⓘ
stageFeature conventional entrances and exits ⓘ
minimal props ⓘ
symbolic staging ⓘ
typicalTheme historical stories ⓘ
moral conflicts ⓘ
mythological tales ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2010 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
uses aria singing ⓘ
fixed melodic patterns ⓘ
percussive rhythmic patterns ⓘ
recitative ⓘ
spoken dialogue ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tan Dun → influencedBy → Peking opera ⓘ
Peking opera → alsoKnownAs → Jingju ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Peking opera → alsoKnownAs → Beijing opera ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
huadan → usedIn → Peking opera ⓘ
Taiwanese opera → relatedTo → Peking opera ⓘ
Chinese opera → hasGenre → Peking opera ⓘ
Chinese opera → hasGenre → Jingju ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Chinese opera → hasUNESCOElement → Peking opera ⓘ
Huizhou opera → relatedArtForm → Peking opera ⓘ
China Drama Academy → artForm → Peking opera ⓘ
Seven Little Fortunes → genre → Peking opera ⓘ
Yuen Biao → trainedIn → Peking opera ⓘ
Sanxian → usedInGenre → Jingju (Beijing opera) ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Han opera → influenced → Peking opera ⓘ
Han opera → relatedTo → Peking opera ⓘ
Kunqu → influenced → Peking opera ⓘ
Jing → isUsedIn → Peking opera ⓘ
Chou → partOf → Peking opera role system ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Chou → usedIn → Peking opera ⓘ
Mei Lanfang → fieldOfWork → Peking opera ⓘ
Mei Lanfang → genre → Peking opera ⓘ
Mei Lanfang → influencedBy → Mei family Peking opera tradition ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Mei Lanfang → legacy → Mei school of Peking opera ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Cheng Yanqiu → genre → Peking opera ⓘ
Cheng Yanqiu → artForm → Peking opera ⓘ
Xun Huisheng → genre → Peking opera ⓘ
Mei school → genre → Peking opera ⓘ
Mei school → partOf → Four Great Schools of Peking opera dan performance ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Shang school → subclassOf → Peking opera school ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Shang school → partOf → Peking opera tradition ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Xun school → field → Peking opera ⓘ
Xun school → genre → Peking opera ⓘ
Sheng → associatedWith → Peking opera ⓘ
Qinqiang → influenced → Peking opera ⓘ
Shang Xiaoyun → artForm → Peking opera ⓘ
Shang Xiaoyun → genre → Jingju ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Shang Xiaoyun → associatedWith → Beijing theatre circles ⓘ
linked to: Peking opera
Nanxi → influenced → Peking opera ⓘ
Song Liling → operaSpecialty → Peking opera ⓘ
subject linked to: Song Liling in M. Butterfly
Gezaixi → relatedTo → Peking opera ⓘ
subject linked to: gezaixi
East Asian theatre → hasGenre → Peking opera ⓘ
Sichuan opera → relatedTo → Peking opera ⓘ
Kunqu opera → influenced → Peking opera ⓘ