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1、Beijing Opera translation: a great taskIn recent years， more and more foreign dramas and operas are being performed in Chinese However， it seems that chances for foreign audience to enjoy Chinese traditional operas are relatively fewer， resulting in an unbalanced exchange between China and the other foreign countries in the Beijing Opera， the very repress introduced to more audience of Chinese traditional operas， worth being of the entire M Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak's version of Mei Lanfang's representative Beijing Opera work The Phoenix Returns to Its Nest sets a good 2、A brief introduction to Beijing OperaBeijing Opera (or Peking Opera) has existed for over 200 It is widely regarded as the highest expression of Chinese It is known as one of the three main theatrical systems in the Artistically， Beijing Opera is perhaps the most refined form of opera in the It has deeply influenced the hearts of the Chinese Although it is called Beijing Opera， its origins are not in Beijing but in the Chinese provinces of Anhui and H After absorbing the operatic tunes of regional operas such as Han Opera， Hui Opera， and Kunqu Opera， it became a genre of national significance and popularity during the 1790' The charm of Beijing Opera lies in the comprehensive form of stage It is an organic combination of script literature， the performing techniques of "singing， reciting， dance-acting and acrobatics"， music， painted-face make-ups and costumes， and so 3、Beijing Opera translationThe early attempts to bring Chinese drama to the West mainly consisted in translation of traditional Chinese opera lyrics， which served as literature for the purpose of reading rather than These include Xi Xiang Ii and a great number of other Yuan dynasty In 1741， Zhao Shi Gu Er， or as Edward Cave rendered it， Chau Shi Ku Eul: The Little Orphan of the Family of Chau， was translated into E Three English versions' of this play were published in London， translated respectively by Edward Cave， William Hatchett and John W Among the modern classics in Chinese modern drama translated into English were Cao Yu's Thundestorm by Wang Tso-Bang and AC Barnes and Wildness by James L Since the late 1970s， many new Chinese plays have been collected in anthologies of translations of contemporary Chinese 4、In this period， Peking opera became the most popular and economically developed form of urban stage entertainment in China and its actors， playwrights， and patrons were central figures in the popular imagination and cultural politics of the As a diverse group these actors and their allies worked within the context of a rapidly changing urban and national culture to overcome social and political discrimination and elevate their art to the level of internationally recognized cultural In the process， Peking opera was in many ways on the leading edge of modern transformations and experimentations in creating new meanings for popular theater， new dynamics of urban sociability， and new representations of gender， while at the same time serving as a symbol for a traditional culture that many sensed was receding under the pressures of
On New Year's eve New Year's eve， good lively! People have roved work， stick the couplets hung again pictures， Chip miles PaLa's firecrackers like in a pot， stir sesame similar continues， Spluttered pa fireworks sound like Beijing tiananmen held a grand celebration like， through the streets， and through the tall buildings， the dark of night according as the Home on New Year's eve everywhere brimmed with a beaming The night came! Wait for collection of my sister and happily took out "kaleidoscope" I excitedly only took fireworks and lighter， ready to carry out my New Year's eve first plan - let off We put the first shot is "a squealing blunt day"， with a loud noise， the sky as the day， good spectacular immediately! Followed by "day female spread flower"， the so-called day female spread flower， just as its name implies， it must be very beautiful You see， indeed as expected， fairies in the sky to take a basket of flowers without pity to Isaac to Those flowers in the air flowing long， beautiful! Brake， the air became colorful My sister and I dancing with Then， we put the parachute， "" they"， "baihua bold and unrestrained" My New Year's eve's second plan， no doubt， of course， is watching the Spring Festival Our family ring sit in front of the TV and enthusiastically waiting for the arrival of the Spring Festival Happy remaining， suddenly daddy's face became I think: dad， what is this? Let not how I want， dad when opened words magazine: "now days is heaven days!" Father suddenly flashed such a few words， I puzzled and hurriedly cross-examine "dad， what heaven day?" Dad at small TV spin down， say to us: "kids， you are not understanding of ah! We used these people can bitter!" "You see today reunion dinner table of dishes， well， how If this in the past， want to dare not to think about " Father lit a cigarette and took a bite， and to longly say: "I always listen to your grandpa said， he that age， Chinese New Year can have flesh to eat， and will be satisfied， and many people I remember you grandpa's such a thing: that year before the Spring Festival， your grandpa had picked up a bear old books to HouZhou to He sells books of money to buy a dao won't eat meat， come Want to eat meat， toward the hanging pork Months past， that hang meat is still good One day， your grandpa in a wooden ladder climb a look， leaving next leather - meat was all mice ate! So， people want to eat， but became a mouse meal， how a shame!" Say， father stood up， with the hand gestures， says to us， "you these kids now is simply fell into a honeypot， what not to eat ah， New Year， New Year out on table is' three floors'! Especially in recent years， the reform and open policy， the farmer onto the first， living standards increase， table vary Even the swan meat all can eat You should cherish the happy life today!" Yeah， now working people's living standard is indeed has much All this， all by the party's policy making， all by the party's leadership good! This year's New Year's eve， we stick couplet， hang posters， firework， watching TV， though it is a bit busy， but it is rich and colorful， make me in busy learned And the most cause me unforgettable memories "， or "listen to father's words were made in my past understand
Han folk dance farming culture for more than a product closely related with the life of the peasants， often before planting， harvest and other festivals after the seasonal Thus， jubilant Yangge， joy encouragement hot lights He pray for rain dragon dance， ， and formed a Han folk dance in several major If Yangge， there Northeast Yangge， Hebei Yangge， Shanxi kick drum of Yangge， Yangko northern Shaanxi， Shandong's besmirched， Haiyang drum of Yangge encouraging， there Waist Drum， Huagu， Taiping Drum， Fragrant Flowers drums， drums of war lights dance， there are lotus lights， picking leaf lights， lanterns， carp lights， huagudeng dragon dance， dragon playing alone， charcoal-long， paragraph-long， bench-long， flames and the lives of farmers and appliances， often become the subject of folk dance and If running donkey， pushing trolley， Bohanchuan; Fans， handkerchiefs， wooden club， and so Although the nation's folk dance variety， but most of the characteristics of a self-entertainment， but， because of long-term Han detained by the feudal in the Folk Dance activities， many people see， in the little jump， so it's very strong performance component， therefore， a number of people familiar with the opera the characters and plot， in the martial arts equipment and positions， a substantial absorption in to the folk If Yuanliangshan hero， White Snake and The Story， Liu everywhere， Fu Peng and Sun Jiao; Five Tigers clubbed Tengpai guns， whip， rod， such as the As a result， the performance of self-entertainment performances and a sense of self-entertainment in the Han folk dance is a major distinguishing The 1950s and 1960s Han folk dance performances， mainly in the traditional folk dance on the basis of materials and processing of re-creation at the same time， using the traditional folk dance or folk dance material and emotional new life and some new combination of folk dance works， a folk dance has been given to the new face of the
