中国文化英语教程U18.pptx

Unit 18
Peking Opera:
Artistry of Performers
Lead-in
Text study
Exercises
Content
Lead-in
Peking Opera Mask
Introduction
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
Peking Opera Performance:
Sing, Speak, Act, and Fight
The Beauty of a “Virtual World”
Text study
“Watching a Play Is Watching Famous Actors”
Mei Lanfang, Great Peking Opera Artist
Introduction
Many foreign friends first learn about Chinese culture through the numerous Chinese restaurants found all over the world, and soon discern that China is a country with delicious cuisine (菜肴).
The second impression of Chinese culture is often Peking Opera, whose masks are now almost emblematic (标志性的) of China. Many countries design posters using Peking Opera masks to signal a “Year of Chinese Culture”. To understand Chinese culture, therefore, some knowledge about Peking Opera is indeed indispensable.
Introduction
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
China’s Peking Opera radiates with the beauty of resplendent (华丽的) color-vivid, intense and glamorous. This artistic es not only from the costumes but also from the masks of exaggerated, dazzling designs, gleaming with reds, purples, whites, yellows, blacks, blues, greens, every diverse color imaginable.
Masks, applied to the two roles of the “jing” or “painted-face role” and the “chou” or “clown”, serve two purposes. One is to indicate the identity and character of the role. The other purpose is to express people’s appraisal of the roles from a moral and aesthetic point of view, such as respectable, hateful, noble, or ridiculous, etc.
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
Jing
Chou
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
A “red face” means the person is loyal and brave.
A “black face” signifies the person is straightforward.
A “white face” identifies the person as crafty and evil.
What do these colorful masks mean?