Chinese performing arts

Chinese performing arts, including chinese series, ซีรี่ย์จีน พากย์ไทย dance and theatre, have been linked to religious beliefs and customs since ancient times. These paintings that date back to the 1000 BCE portray superbly costumed female and male shamans who danced and sang to musical supplement, drawing the wonderful spirits down to earth by their performance.

The descendants of magico-religious performances can be seen in a variety of forms in China, as well as elsewhere in East Asia. The rituals of impersonating supernatural beings through masks and costumes, as well as the repetition of rhythmic music and patterns of movement, serve to connect humans to the spiritual world beyond, whether they are intended to pray for longevity, a plentiful harvest, or to ward off disease and evil. As a result of their religious function, dance, music, and dramatic mimesis have naturally fused.

The foundational period

As early as the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BCE), singing and dancing happened to be performed at the Chinese court. In 402 BCE, a story happens to designate a circumstance of truthful acting in which the court’s chief jester copied the mannerisms of a recently deceased prime minister so convincingly that the emperor believed the prime minister had been brought back to life. Large-scale masques (a short allegorical performance with masked players) featuring dancing maidens and young boys dressed as gods and various animals were popular, but drama happened not to be yet developed. By the 2nd century of BCE, fire eating, sword swallowing, acrobatics, juggling, tumbling, ropewalking, and other stage behaviours had reached from Central Asia’s nomads and happened to be recognised as the “hundred entertainments.” Palace singers acted out warrior stories at the time of the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), forerunners of military plays in later Chinese opera, and clay puppets happened to be used to enact plays by the time of the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE). Later on, these morphed into glove-and-stick puppets.

The Tang period

During the Tang dynasty (618–907), Emperor Xuanzong showed an interest in the performing arts, spurring many advances in stage arts. Music, dance, and acting schools enrolled over a thousand students. Court life comprised remarkable masked court dances and masked Buddhist dance parades that used to be learned quickly by Japanese and Korean performers. Three different types of play are mentioned as being popular. When Prince Lan Ling went into battle, he covered his gentle face with a terrifying mask to frighten his enemies. Some speculate that this play inspired the colourful painted faces of warriors in modern Chinese opera. Tayaoniang (“Stepping and Swaying Woman”) happened to be a ridiculous domestic play where a weeping wife severely criticised about her rude husband, who then seemed and injured his wife more even while singing and dancing. Canqun’s thieving rogue hero (“The Military Counselor”) became a standard character in later plays. By Tang times, three basic types of drama had been identified: domestic play, military play, and satire of officialdom; and role kinds had begun to emerge.