Jing hu, or hu qin, is primarily used in Peking Opera. Small in size yet very high in pitch, jing hu plays a leading role in the accompaniment of this Chinese performance.

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Peking Opera roles include sheng (male role), dan (female role), jing (painted-face male role), and chou (comedic male role), distinguished on the basis of sex, age, and personality.

While they may differ only slightly in costume and makeup, all traditional opera forms, including Peking opera (京剧), are, strictly speaking, "regional," in that each is based on the music and ...

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The China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) will present two new Peking opera productions at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, September 2 and 3, 2015. The two productions, Legend of ...

Since 1917, Peking Opera has flourished in China. There are four major hang dan g, or types of role in Peking Opera, including the sheng (male), dan (female), jing (painted face) and chou (clown).

In the early years of Beijing opera, all Dan roles were played by men. Wei Changsheng Jing This Jing's painted face represents the personality traits of his character The Jing (净) is a painted face ...

It's a major production, with an acrobatic cast of 16 clad in a broad array of sumptuous Peking opera costumes (by Lin Jing-Ru) and an 11-piece orchestra under the direction of Liao Jin-Lin ...