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It is assumed that singers who perform Peking Opera were always well regarded, even idolized. That is far from the truth. In the early 20th century, singers were held in low esteem. Cheng Yanqiu began to study singing primarily for the stipend it provided; to help his poor family. Out of necessity, one of China's greatest Dan performers was discovered. He transformed Peking Opera, introducing the rhythm of literary language, as well as fighting for...
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Farewell to My Concubine is a story of jealousy and passion set against the exhilarating spectacle of the Peking opera. One of the most unusual epic romances of all time, the novel moves swiftly from the decadent glamour of 1930s China through the horrors of the Japanese occupation right up to Hong Kong in the 1980s. This riveting and sensual story could only have come from the pen of Lilian Lee, one of the Chinese reading world's most beloved and...
13) Century Masters
17) Lotus moon
18) The moon opera
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Twenty years after turning to teaching after being spurned by her Chinese opera troupe for disfiguring her understudy with boiling water in a fit of jealous rage, Xio Yanqiu returns to the stage in a new version of the cursed opera, "The Moon Opera," fully believing that she has become transformed into the immortal moon goddess she is playing.
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