The"Encyclopedia of Chinese Music:Audio-Visual Edition"includes a total of 16,521 Peking Opera music pieces,with the collected works spanning from 1898 to 2016.This period is associated with socio-political changes and the evolution of Peking Opera themes,overlapping with the development of China's media industry.The widespread use of audio-visual media has significantly enriched the previous dissemination ecology of Peking Opera music,playing a crucial role in promoting Peking Opera music.Therefore,the data included in the encyclopedia requires exploration based on communication theories to investigate the artistic evolution of Peking Opera as documented in audio-visual records.This involves analyzing and discussing the underlying reasons for data generation,to clarify issues related to the audio-visual dissemination of Peking Opera art and other related matters.
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