Brilliant and Animated - Decoding the Codes of Peking Opera

Author: Pang Yan
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: The author of this book has chosen a rare narrative style, selecting a vivid and dynamic paradigm of text-image pairing that both enhances the content and highlights the sense of form. It presents an excellent expression and a fresh approach to China's national treasure (Peking Opera). The book is divided into eight parts: "Horse Racing on the Chrysanthemum Stage," "Speaking through the Play," "Famous Schools and Leading Actors," "Between Motion and Stillness," "Clothing Shadows and Worldly Affairs," "Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Mò," "Lanterns of the Face," and "Fleeting Dreams."
I believe that the revival of a nation should first begin with a cultural revival. Revival means creation, and it means carrying forward the legacy. And the prerequisite for "carrying forward" is "continuing the past." Thus, many people are silently doing this arduous work in this era of cultural fragmentation. What is the play? How does it communicate with my life? This question can actually be asked to the moon. Because no one has the right to answer this question. Every specialized work on the history of opera describes a certain trace of history, piecing together fragments from broken silk and bamboo slips. None of them are flesh-and-blood dancers, and none can touch my heart, questioning the pounding rhythm in my veins when the gongs and drums begin to beat. The author of this book has chosen a rare narrative style, selecting a vivid and dynamic paradigm of text-image pairing that both enhances the content and highlights the sense of form. It presents an excellent expression and a fresh approach to China's national treasure (Peking Opera). The book is divided into eight parts: "Horse Racing on the Chrysanthemum Stage," "Speaking through the Play," "Famous Schools and Leading Actors," "Between Motion and Stillness," "Clothing Shadows and Worldly Affairs," "Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Mò," "Lanterns of the Face," and "Fleeting Dreams."