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Peking Opera and Kunqu General Sources
* The Mei Lanfang Memorial  Museum (official website)
Mei Lanfang Former Residence Museum Beijing
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Mei Lanfang Former Residence Museum Beijing
* The Former Residence of Mei Lanfang , famous opera star
  -info by china.org.cn
* The Mei Lanfang Residence and short biography
  -By www.hotbeijing.com - Beijing Culture Hotline
Mei Lanfang Biographic Infor & Residence Museum
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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang-Film, Online Archive
* The Worlds of Mei Lanfang , The Film. Online Exposition
  -By Freunde der Deutsche Kinematik
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Traditional Opera Museum, Beijing, China
* Beijing Huguang Guild Hall Traditional Opera Museum Online
* Beijing Huguang Opera Guild Hall
Huguang Guild Hall Opera House, Beijing, China
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* Introduction to (Beijing) Peking Opera
  -By www.chinapage.com
Introduction to Peking Opera
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China Experience: Peking Opera Basics
* The China Experience: Peking Opera
  -By www.chinavista.com
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Lot of Backgrounds on Peking Opera, Excellent!!
* Development of Peking Opera and Beijing Opera Troupe Farewell
  -By www.illuminatedlantern.com
* Development of Chinese Traditional Opera
  -By www.wst.net.cn
Lot of Backgrounds on Peking Opera, Excellent!!
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* Beijing (Peking) Opera
  -By www.china-guide.com
Beijing Opera Explained
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The Folk Art of Peking Opera & Kunqu
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* The Zheng Yici Peking Opera Theatre , Beijing , PRC
  Home of the Peking Opera Troupe
  -A Full Report by The China Report ( at www.drben.net)
The Oldest Wooden Theatre in China and a Fine Peking Opera Show - Full Digital Report
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After many Years of repression during the Cultural Revolution Years, the Art of Peking Opera has not died out, but lives ones again !
Find out about this still hugely popular and un-dying  Chinese Folk Art, the special Branch of Peking & Kunqu Opera. Featured in many a Chinese Movie, and not only Classical , a stage performance of Peking Opera is a unique experience ( especially for Westerners ), a joyful festival of beautiful costumes, richly colored masks, great voices and a kakafonia of traditional sounds. Relive ancient times and stories at a Peking Opera theatre if you have the Chance !
The Art of Peking ( and Kunqu ) Opera was once quenched and condemned as being backward and bourgois-revisionist during the Cultural Revolution. During the Revolution, which had the aim of modernising China rapidly and doing away with Old Feudal Class-related culture the Stage-Art of Peking Opera suffered immensily. It is said that Chairman Mao felt that if Peking Opera could be eradicated, so could all the other habits of this vast country, and thus the new Communist ways would take root forever, stabilising the Revolution and ensuring it's future. Chairman Mao was wrong and Peking Opera, with a history of over a 1000 years proved to be an un-dying Art. Somewhat later, the party was forced to change its tactics, resulting in the Revolutianary Peking Opera performance " Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy ". At the time a new and modern Revolutionary Opera, Lai Fen, as the play is know in Chinese, is now a Classic Example of a Modern Peking Opera. Its star Yangli Long, as famous as Mao himself around China.
Opera songs of all kinds can still be heard today, featuring in dozens of modern chinese movies, being sung on the streets or in the morning or afternoon at one of Beijing's many Parks.
(ofcourse also in other Cities, with Opera being even more popular in the South of China).
Peking Opera and Kunqu History of Sources
The history of Peking and Kunqu Opera. Coming soon to The China Report and a computer near you !!
* The LiYuan Peking Opera Theatre, Qianmen, Beijing, PRC.
  Homepage of The Li Yuan Theatre
Liyuan Peking Opera Theatre, at the Qianmen Hotel, Beijing, PRC
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* The Li Yuan Peking Opera Theatre , Xuanwu, Beijing , PRC
  Housed at the Jianghuo Hotel
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Full Digital Photographic Impression with Backgrounds on The Li Yuan Theatre,Xuanwu,Beijing
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Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy the Picture-Book.
Some scenes from the Famous Revolutionary Peking Opera taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, or Lai Fen.
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