中国文化英语教程U18ppt课件
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A “white face” identifies the person as crafty and evil.
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The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• Peking Opera masks—an art of beautiful colors and designs for aesthetic appreciation.
• The intriguing beauty of the color and design of Peking Opera masks adds to the attractive spectacle on stage.
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The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• Many Chinese folk handicrafts (e.g., kites, dough and clay figurines, carpets, tapestries), posters, advertisements, and fashions adopt Peking Opera masks as a source element in their designs.
5
Introduction
• Many foreign friends first learn about Chinese culture through the numerous Chinese restaurants found all over the world, and soon discern that China is a country with delicious cuisine (菜肴).
8
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• Masks, applied to the two roles of the “jing” or “painted-face role” and the “chou” or “clown”, serve two purposes. One is to indicate the identity and character of the role. The other purpose is to express people’s appraisal of the roles from a moral and aesthetic point of view, such as respectable, hateful, noble, or ridiculous, etc.
Jing
Chou 9
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
What do these colorful masks mean?
A “red face” means the person is loyal and brave.
A “black face” signifies the person is straightforward.
7
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• China’s Peking Opera radiates with the beauty of resplendent (华ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidu的) color-vivid, intense and glamorous. This artistic beauty comes not only from the costumes but also from the masks of exaggerated, dazzling designs, gleaming with reds, purples, whites, yellows, blacks, blues, greens, every diverse color imaginable.
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Peking Opera Performance: Sing, Speak, Act, and Fight
• To Chinese people, going to the theater to enjoy Peking Opera or other artistic performances is known as “seeing plays”.
1
Unit 18 Peking Opera: Artistry of Performers
2
Content Lead-in Text study Exercises
3
Lead-in
Peking Opera Mask
4
Text study
2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Delights of Peking Opera Masks 2.3 Peking Opera Performance:
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Introduction
• The second impression of Chinese culture is often Peking Opera, whose masks are now almost emblematic (标志性的) of China. Many countries design posters using Peking Opera masks to signal a “Year of Chinese Culture”. To understand Chinese culture, therefore, some knowledge about Peking Opera is indeed indispensable.
Sing, Speak, Act, and Fight
2.4 The Beauty of a “Virtual World”
2.5 “Watching a Play Is Watching Famous Actors”
2.6 Mei Lanfang, Great Peking Opera Artist
10
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• Peking Opera masks—an art of beautiful colors and designs for aesthetic appreciation.
• The intriguing beauty of the color and design of Peking Opera masks adds to the attractive spectacle on stage.
11
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• Many Chinese folk handicrafts (e.g., kites, dough and clay figurines, carpets, tapestries), posters, advertisements, and fashions adopt Peking Opera masks as a source element in their designs.
5
Introduction
• Many foreign friends first learn about Chinese culture through the numerous Chinese restaurants found all over the world, and soon discern that China is a country with delicious cuisine (菜肴).
8
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• Masks, applied to the two roles of the “jing” or “painted-face role” and the “chou” or “clown”, serve two purposes. One is to indicate the identity and character of the role. The other purpose is to express people’s appraisal of the roles from a moral and aesthetic point of view, such as respectable, hateful, noble, or ridiculous, etc.
Jing
Chou 9
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
What do these colorful masks mean?
A “red face” means the person is loyal and brave.
A “black face” signifies the person is straightforward.
7
The Delights of Peking Opera Masks
• China’s Peking Opera radiates with the beauty of resplendent (华ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidu的) color-vivid, intense and glamorous. This artistic beauty comes not only from the costumes but also from the masks of exaggerated, dazzling designs, gleaming with reds, purples, whites, yellows, blacks, blues, greens, every diverse color imaginable.
12
Peking Opera Performance: Sing, Speak, Act, and Fight
• To Chinese people, going to the theater to enjoy Peking Opera or other artistic performances is known as “seeing plays”.
1
Unit 18 Peking Opera: Artistry of Performers
2
Content Lead-in Text study Exercises
3
Lead-in
Peking Opera Mask
4
Text study
2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Delights of Peking Opera Masks 2.3 Peking Opera Performance:
6
Introduction
• The second impression of Chinese culture is often Peking Opera, whose masks are now almost emblematic (标志性的) of China. Many countries design posters using Peking Opera masks to signal a “Year of Chinese Culture”. To understand Chinese culture, therefore, some knowledge about Peking Opera is indeed indispensable.
Sing, Speak, Act, and Fight
2.4 The Beauty of a “Virtual World”
2.5 “Watching a Play Is Watching Famous Actors”
2.6 Mei Lanfang, Great Peking Opera Artist