Draft History of Song and Jin Drama

Author: Xue Rui Zhao
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Since the 11th century, the Northern Song Dynasty and the two subsequent rival feudal dynasties, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, were the formative periods of Chinese theater. The representative styles of Song Dynasty theater include Zaju and Nanqu Opera; the representative styles of Jin Dynasty theater include Yuanben and Beiqu Zaju. Song-Jin theater, as art born from feudal society, bears the marks of feudal society's influence, while also incorporating the fundamental characteristics of modern Chinese opera.