京剧英文演讲稿

November 16th in 2010,lt was a com mon but also a special day,maybe most of people did not know that it was exactly from the n on, there would be ano ther list of world intangible cultural heritage item,a kind of old opera named after beijing recog ni zed by the UNESCO.So after that,Beiji ng Opera has become the quin tesse nee of our country. so we have the courage to believe that this art will be our wealth forever and will never disappear,becauseit was born among us and developed together with us.

If we look it back we will be really proud of our nation and willing to pass this culture from gen erati on to the next gen erati on.

2000 years ago, a famous Theatrical troupe named huiban began their exploration in this broade n city beiji ng.a nd this eve nt has bee n recog ni zed as the origi n of opera developme nt.

It is said that in the whole world,there are three kinds of the oldest opera cultures:Ch ina opera, Greece tragic-comedy and In dia n San skrit Opera, the former two just rema in historical old stages, only Chi na opera are still alive and develop.Because it is said that a nation's ancient art always carries a national characteristic of the life,even can reflect the spirit of a natior, and it was always stay among people and invoIved in people ' s lives.

For most native people in old unmerceful time period,no matter who they are,the workers,the professors and other higher class,they were all absorbed in beijing opera,they regard it as their article of faith,they pull themselvesout of this rushed society and comfort themselves with this life style.So it is really an essential part for peoples life.

Another reason why it is important is that in the old time,there was no instrument for people to pass on knowlegde,actually,most part of the knowledge and social mobilities are passed by opera.戏曲比一切的书，比一切的学校起的作用都要大。

At that time,opera had already been known by lots of foreigners,in their surprise eyes, beiji ng opera had become a mystery and an elega nt dreamla nd,merely 80 years ago,whe n Chin ese Exquisite Beauty park across the Pacific Ocea n to the Broadway in New York for the first time,a famous America n theater critic made such descripti on in the New York world, you will feel as if you place on eself i n an an cie nt myth, harm onio us a nd beautiful eter nal world, full of extremely subtle solem nity and quiet.Most foreigners also thought Beijing Opera undoubtedly in some way bridged the gap between

east and west. So we see The people in the world are all approved it,although it is defined as a inheritance but it is still full of energy,and is the cultural wealth of the whole huma n bein gs.

Here is the highest in stituti on of cultivati ng professi onal tale nts of beiji ng opera in Chi na, Natio nal Academy of Chin ese Theater Arts,in the exhibatio n rome of the academy,here is a precious cultural relic, its owner is the sec ond pri ncipal of this academy.this costum was given by the emperor of qing dynasty, so let ' s qing dystany.in september of 1790.it was emperor qianlong ' s birthday celel

treatrical troupe from all over Chi na come to have a show ,and it was said that almost betwee n every ten steps in the forbidde n city,there would be a stage for

perform in g.this is really a prosperous sce nery. The opera is also the most no mal way as a celebrati on en tertai nment in the latter dyn asties un til today.

At that old time,the country ' s two biggest theaten to京isahid the other is in 扬州.At the beg inning, people did n ' t accept other place tune of opera. un til to 1940s,

new ki nd of opera took in 徽调，汉调，昆曲，秦腔，京高腔and also absorbed in various of folk son gs,it is the real beiji ng opera.

In the late period of qing dynasty,empressdowager cixi appreciate opera very much,a nd we know she is suspicious to everyth ing and always afraid some one will cheat or kill her,she always invited her ministers to see a opera named<可东>,here is a traitor in the play,every time whe n cixi saw him,she would ask for beati ng that performer for 40 times,to show her real thought to the mi ni sters.

Behi nd the opera,there were lots of un forgetable eve nts happe ned that time,that is to say sometimes opera developed with a strong political background.it always represented people ' s attitude toward the society and governor.and when qing dynasty walk to the en d,people n eed a support for their spririts more like a kind of religious con solati on

During about 200 years in qing dynasty,nearly 70% of today ' s opera came at that time.

Although A decade nt dyn asty has gone, the sple ndor of opera just bega n.