Exchanges and Interactions between the Performances of Martial Plays in the Royal Mansions and Those of the Court Opera in the Capital Beijing during the Late Qing Dynasty
In the late Qing Dynasty,the opera performance in the royal mansions located in the capital Beijing was a special opera phenomenon,which is an external extension of the court opera and a link between the folk and the court opera,representing the fashion of the court opera.And there existed a close exchange and interaction between the opera performance in the royal mansions and the martial plays in the court opera,which was manifested by the officials in the royal mansions who frequented the Royal Court to participate in the drama activities,adored the martial artists and their repertoire in the court opera,and reported the popular rep-ertoire of the folk opera to the Court.In this way,they then improved the performance of the court opera and contributed to the pros-perity of the martial plays in the folk opera as well.
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