History of Chinese Opera

Author: Liao Ben
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is a specialized work on the history of Chinese opera. The entire book is divided into eight chapters: "Form," "Tone Types," "Plays," "Performances," "Performers," "Literatures," "Exchanges," and "Appendices," comprehensively elaborating on the development history of Chinese opera from the pre-Qin period to the Ming and Qing dynasties. This book breaks through the traditional framework of describing the development of Chinese opera in each historical period based on historical development periods. Instead, it adopts the style of a gazetteer, categorizing the genres and aspects involved in the historical development of Chinese opera, outlining the historical development of each category. As a result, this book has become a specialized research work on the history of Chinese opera with distinctive features.