A Chronicle of Chinese Peking Opera: Volumes 1 and 2

Author: Wang Zhizhang
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book chronicles the history of Peking Opera from its inception in the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty in Beijing to the 1919 May Fourth Movement's reform movement, providing a detailed account of the 130-year development process of the art form from its incubation, formation, evolution, to its peak.