Kabuki [1]? It is a typical Japanese national performing art, which originated in the early Edo period in17th century and developed into a mature drama in 1600, with only male actors. It has been preserved for nearly 400 years with Nobuhiro and Rambo.

Kabuki is a unique drama in Japan and one of Japan's traditional artistic abilities. It is listed as an important intangible cultural heritage in Japan and also listed as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2005.

Modern kabuki is characterized by exquisite scenery, complicated stage mechanism, gorgeous costumes and makeup, and all actors are male.

The ancestor of kabuki is Ako, a beautiful woman known to Japanese women and children. She is a witch of Izumo Society in Shimane Prefecture (that is, unmarried young women who specialize in playing music and praying in shrines). In order to repair the shrine, Chizi raised money everywhere. She set up a theater shed in downtown Kyoto and performed "Buddhist Dance". This is a religious dance, but Grandpa changed the old routine and created Teahouse Owner. A Gong dressed as a woman, dressed in black, with a black turban and a red scarf around his waist, hung an ancient musical instrument, a bronze pheasant and a Japanese knife. Handsome and handsome, the boss fell in love at first sight. Grandpa also improvised humorous plots in real life during his performance, which caused a sensation. A Yuan's innovative "Dance of reciting Buddha" has been enriched and perfected, and gradually became a unique performing art from folk to court.

The most popular expression comes from the continuous form of the word "くかぶく". In Japanese, eye-catching actions and clothes are called "かぶき", and such people are called "curious people". Therefore, someone appropriately named the performance with three homonyms: Song (), Dance () and Prostitute (), and the word "singing and dancing prostitute" was born. Soon, because men also participated, someone wrote Kabuki. Later, due to the prohibition of female performances, the writing of "singing and dancing prostitute" became very rare, and it was called "kabuki" from the Meiji era.

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The word kabuki is borrowed from Chinese characters, which originally meant "tilt" before it was renamed. Later, it was nicknamed "Kabuki": Song, representing music; Dancing is dancing; Words mean performance skills.

After the kabuki dance was founded in Afghanistan, "female tourists" in Kyoto and Osaka organized many "female kabuki", who engaged in prostitution besides performing. At that time, the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan took measures to prohibit the promiscuity of "female kabuki" and issued a decree prohibiting female acting in 1629, ending the era of "female kabuki". Banning female performances did not interrupt the development of kabuki. The troupe changed its way and took part in the performance with beautiful young men. This kabuki dance is called "Ruozhong Kabuki".

The young actor in Ruozhong Kabuki is deeply loved by samurai because of his youth and beauty. Actors have a decadent lifestyle and often have homosexual feelings with the audience. Sometimes, double suicide, elopement and other events will cause social sensation. Although the shogunate took various measures to improve it, it was difficult to see the effect, so in 1652, the performance of "Ruozhong Kabuki" was banned.

However, kabuki became the main entertainment activity of Japanese people at that time, and the shogunate ban could not cut off people's preferences. The troupe came up with a way to deal with the ban, changing the kabuki performed by young men into adult male performances, and thus "Nokuro Kabuki" appeared, which is the embryonic form of Japanese kabuki. Kabuki has since changed the focus of confusing the audience with beauty, turned to acting, and gradually developed into a pure performing art performed by male actors, with men playing female roles, thus producing the "female modeling" in Kabuki. Up to now, only men can play kabuki, and kabuki actors are all men.

After Meiji era, intellectuals and rulers who returned from the west saw that art was regarded as a symbol of national culture in western society. So kabuki is considered as the representative of Japanese culture. Kabuki has since been regarded as an art created by modern people.

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Peking Opera, also known as "Pihuang", is composed of two basic tones, Xipi and Huanger. It also sings some local tunes (such as Liu Zi Opera and Blowing Opera) and Kunqu Qupai. 1840 was formed in Beijing and prevailed in 1930s and 40s. It is sometimes called "National Opera". It is still a big drama with national influence. It is the representative of China modern opera, with comprehensive business, mature performance and magnificent momentum. Peking Opera is the quintessence of China with a history of 200 years.

Peking Opera is one of the traditional operas formed in Beijing with a history of nearly 200 years. On the basis of harmony between Hui Opera and Han Opera, it gradually evolved by absorbing the advantages and specialties of some operas such as Kunqu Opera and Shaanxi Opera.

Peking Opera music belongs to the banqiang style, and the lead singers are Huang Er and Xipi, so Peking Opera is also called "Pihuang". Other commonly used vocals in Beijing Opera are Nanbangzi, Siping Tone, Gaobazi and Chui. There are about 1000 traditional operas in Beijing Opera, and about 300 or 400 are often performed. Among them, besides Anhui Opera, Han Opera, Kunqu Opera and Shaanxi Opera, quite a few of them were created by Beijing Opera artists and folk writers. Beijing opera is good at expressing political and military struggles with historical themes, and most of the stories are taken from historical romances and novel scripts. There are not only the whole drama, but also a large number of passbook dramas, in addition to some series.

The roles in Beijing Opera are divided into seven lines: health, Dan, Jing, Ugliness, Martial Arts and Fashion (walk-on), and then into four lines: health, Dan, Jing and Ugliness. Each line has a detailed division of labor. "Sheng" is a general term for male roles except big face and clown, and it is also divided into old students (bearded students), primary school students, martial arts students and baby students. "Dan" is a general term for female roles, which is divided into Zheng Dan, Hua Dan, Gui Mendan, Wu Dan, Lao Dan and Cai Dan (Dai Dan) Peking Opera blues. "Jing", commonly known as Hua Lian, mostly plays a male character with a certain special character, quality or appearance. The makeup mask has a loud tone and a rough style. "Net" is a singer, such as Bao Zheng; Erhualian, who mainly works, looks like Cao Cao. The "ugly" who plays comedy, because he put a small piece of white powder on the bridge of his nose, is commonly known as Xiaohua face.