Song Dynasty cont.
Yuan Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
100
The southern regions during the Song dynasty had their own local drama form, called:
nanxi (nan-shi)
100
Who was a son of an impoverished civil servant family?
Bai Pu
100
What is the name of the ruler, who turned out be an unpredictable despot.
The liberator, Hongwu (Hung-wu)
100
What is the Peking opera, "The White Snake', Baishe zhuan (Paishe chuan) about?
In the play, the spirit of a white snake turns into a young woman and marries a young pharmacist. A monk is determined to destroy the snake and her marriage. The white snake goes through numerous hardships and ends up by being locked up in the dungeon of a pagoda.
200
What is the male lead called in nanxi?
Sheng
200
The most famous of the Yuan dramatists were “The Four Yuan-Period Masters.”
Guan Hanqing (Kuan Han-ch’ing), Ma Zhiyan (Ma Chih-yüan), Bai Pu (Pai P’u), and Zheng Guangzun (Cheng Kuan-tsun)
200
Who is Wei Liangfu? Rather, what is his accomplishment?
He was a composer and a singer and concentrated on a renewal of the "Kunshan" Style.
200
A play that is renowned for its dream sequence, called Spilling the Water in Front of a Horse, Maqian po shui (Ma-ch’ien p’o shui) is about:
The story of an elderly, less successful scholar and the tragic end of his selfish and over-ambitious wife, played by an actress who has specialized in the coquette female characters, called hua tan.
300
What is the female lead called in nanxi?
Dan
300
How many complete Yuan dramas are known today?
171
300
What was the new form of opera formed by Wei Liangfu?
kunqu (kun-ch’ü)
300
What is Tang Xianzu's style?
"dreaming style"
400
The role category, which is distinguished by its extremely stylized and usually colorful make-up, is called:
jing or "painted face"
400
The scholar-writers of the Yuan dynasty created high-quality dramatic literature, which is still regarded as classic and is still performed in various later styles. Male role categories were employed by the Yuan dramas more than the earlier zaju and nanxi traditions. They include (List two or more):
zhengmo (cheng-mo), singing male lead fumo (fu-mo), supporting male character xiaomo (hsiao-mo), young man chongmo (ch’hung-mo), a kind of narrator or a master of ceremonies
400
It is said that the general effect of kunqu music is that of:
“undulating waves”
400
The first writer who was able to create dramatic scripts and language matching the fashionable kunqu melodies was Tang Xianzu (T’ang Hsien-tsu) (1550–1617). He was known as :
"The Shakespeare of China"
500
An actor of the ____ type acts as a kind of master of ceremonies introducing the play and the main actors to the audience
"mo"
500
The scholar-writers of the Yuan dynasty created high-quality dramatic literature, which is still regarded as classic and is still performed in various later styles. Female role categories were employed by the Yuan dramas more than the earlier zaju and nanxi traditions. They include (List three or more):
zhengdan (cheng-tan), singing female lead fudan, waidan, tiedan (fu-tan, wai-tan, ti’eh-tan), supporting female characters laodan (lao-tan), old female character xiaodan (hsiao-tan), young woman huadan (hua-tan), coquette female character chadan (ch’a-tan), intriguer
500
The famous Peking Opera actor Mei Lanfang, together with a kunqu scholar, established a society to revive the kunqu. Different attempts had been made in this direction for decades. In connection with this revival a northern kunqu troupe was founded, and its style was called:
beikun
500
The southern kunqu style was called:
nankun
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