Ping Opera

Ping Opera is very popular in Beijing , Tianjin , North and Northeast China. It has a history of more than 70 years. Developing out of 'Lian Hua Luo' in the east of Hebei Province (a kind of story-singing), it borrowed the tunes and acting style of Beijing Opera, Hebei Clapper Opera, shadow show and drum melody, and developed its own style. Since moving from the rural areas into the cities, it has produced many new programmes under the influence of modern drama and Beijing Opera. It is especially good at reflecting urban people's life as it has accessible text, speech-like tunes, easily understandable articulation and the rich flavour of life, thus gaining great favour of the people in rural and urban areas. At first, female characters in Ping Opera were dominant and their tune was beautiful and touching whereas the male's tune was quite simple. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the male's tune has been greatly developed and there are many new plays in which male characters play the leading roles.

Representative performers are Xiao Bai Yushuang , Xi Cailian, Xin Fengxia, Han Shaoyun, Wei Rongyuan and Ma Tai.

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