Chinese Traditional Art Culture Legacy: Discovering the Melodic World of Yue Opera
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Yue Opera
Yue Opera, one of the five most popular operas in China, originated in Shengzhou, thrived in Shanghai, and prevailed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai. The early Yue Opera only used male actors. After entering Shanghai, the Yue operas performed by female actors grew popular among people. Thus, female actors dominated the Yue opera until the founding of the People's Republic of China, when male actors began to be also recruited again. Still, female actresses are in the majority. Yue opera is famous for its melodic and mellow tunes, and the themes are mostly about gifted scholars and beautiful ladies.
Six Major Roles of Yue Opera - Xiaosheng, Xiaodan, Laosheng, Laodan, Xiaochou, and Damian.
Xiaosheng and Xiaodan are the major roles in Yue operas.
Xiaodan: young female characters.
Xiaosheng: young male characters.
Laosheng: old male characters.
Laodan: old female characters.
Xiaochou: comical characters.
Damian: mostly the treacherous characters, sometimes the upright characters.
Music of Yue Opera
Yue opera features lyrical singing, melodious and beautiful sound, elegant and vivid performance.
Instruments of Yue Opera
Yue opera's main instruments are clapper boards and Yuehu; besides these, there are also Chinese dulcimer, Erh-hu, Zhonghu, and cello.
Facial Makeup of Yue Opera
Yue opera's facial makeup combined traditional gouache makeup and the makeup used in movies and dramas. Oil paints were mainly used but in a lively and bright style. For female characters, the special headgear costumes resembling the costumes of ancient ladies in paintings were used. The facial makeups of Yue opera are more lifelike, which is very different from other Chinese operas.
Costumes of Yue Opera
Yue opera's costumes are all delicate, simple, and elegant, and their colors are mostly simple intermediate colors. There are not many decorations on the outfits. The female characters' costumes mostly take examples from the traditional Chinese portrait paintings and traditional arts. Non-reflective fabrics are used the most.
Representatives of Yue Opera
Representative Personages: Yin Guifang, Yuan Xuefen, Xu Yulan, Wang Wenjuan, Fu Quanxiang, and Fan Ruijuan.
Representative Masterpieces: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Dream of the Red Chamber, The Romance of West Chamber, Mistress Xianglin.
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