In Chinese history, the dancers had very low status, dancers were one kind of slave without the right to education. The third reason is the lack of recording methods about dance. At that time, classical dance was absorbed into Opera. This is one main reason why classical dance were lost in the Ming and Qing dynasties, since those emperors loved the Opera instead of Classical Dance.
Because of numerous dynastic changes, and having to serve many different emperors who had totally different tastes, the classical dancer had to change dance style and forms according to the emperors’ personality. The second is because classical dance has a tight relationship with the palace. The first is the innumerable wars in Chinese history, and there was not much space to preserve and develop arts.
There were complex reasons resulting in the outcome. During the five years from 1949 to 1954, according to the government‘s National Policy, “Morality, Wisdom, Physical Education and Arts” were emphasized, the Chinese government decided to arrange High Education in Arts, including painting, dance, music, architecture and theater and other artistic styles.īy 1949, Almost all Chinese classical dances were “dead” and buried in the history. After undergoing eight-years of the World War Second and a four-year civil war, every institution needed to be rebuilt in China. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed by the mid-19 century.Īt the beginning of establishment of Communist China in 1949, China is alike an old and tattered house in which all basic industries could not be operated. Peking opera is a form of traditional Chinese theater which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
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