Kunqu

Kunqu (Chinese: 崑曲), bɛ lahi booni li la Kunju (崑劇), K'un-ch'ü, Kun opera bee Kunqu Opera nyɛla Chinese opera zaɣa kura la yini. Di nyɛla din yina Kunshan din be Wu cultural area amaa ka niriba daa lee baŋ li Chinese theater bin din gbaai 16th zaŋ hali ni 18th centuries. UNESCO nim daa zaŋ li pahi Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Wei Liangfu nim nyɛ ban daa piligi kunqu yila ka niriba pam daa lee baŋ li din daa niŋ ka Liang Chenyu zaŋ li niŋ o kpɛrigu Huansha ji (Washing Silk) ni. Yuuni 2006, bɛ daa zaŋ li pahi tuuli national intangible cultural heritage list. Yuuni 2008, bɛ daa zaŋ li pahi Representative Works of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity yuya ni. Silimin gɔli December yuuni 2018, the General Office of the Ministry of Education daa yina n-ti yɛli ni Peking University kpaŋmaŋ ni ka Kungu ti be traditional Chinese culture.

Kunqu

opera genre

Yaɣ sheli	Chinese opera
Tingbani shɛli din yina	China
Intangible cultural heritage status	Q56595920, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00004, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00004, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00004
Practiced by	Kunqu actor

Kunqu

A scene from The Peony Pavilion

Kunqu takes dru

Taarihi

Gu Jian, allegedly a transmitter of the Kunshan music in the Yuan dynasty

A Kunqu performer's portrayal of Hu Sanniang

Kunqu performance at the Peking University

Niriba pam nyɛla ban mali dihitabili ni Kunqu daa pili la Ming Dynasty ,Wei Liangfu (魏良輔) ka di yila lee nyɛ din jɛndi Kunshan. Wei daa pili la Kunshan yila ni di mali Haiyan (海鹽) din miri Hangzhou mini Yiyang (弋陽) yila zaŋ n-ti Jiangxi.

Performers

• Mei Lanfang
• Zhang Jiqing
• Hua Wenyi
• Yan Huizhu
• Zhang Jun

Notable works

• The Peony Pavilion (Tang Xianzu)
• The Peach Blossom Fan (Kong Shangren)
• The Palace of Long Life (Hong Sheng)
• The White Snake
• The Western Mansion (Southern version, adapted from Wang Shifu's zaju)
• The Injustice done to Dou E (adapted from Guan Hanqing's zaju)
• The Kite (Li Yu)

Tooni Karimbu

• Xiao Li (2005). Chinese Kunqu Opera. Translated by Li Li and Liping Zhang. Long River Press. ISBN 1-59265-062-7.

External links

• UNESCO the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity Kunqu Opera
• The Kunqu Society, Inc.
• The Society of Kunqu Arts, Inc.
• What is Kunqu Theater?