Zaju was a form of Chinese opera which provided entertainment through a synthesis of recitations of prose and poetry, dance, singing, and mime, with a certain emphasis on comedy (or, happy endings).

zaju, one of the major forms of Chinese drama. The style originated as a short variety play in North China during the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), and during the Yuan dynasty (1206–1368) it developed into a mature four-act dramatic form, in …

2014年11月28日 · The dramas of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) are called Yuan Zaju, poetic dramas set to music. As a mature, high-class theatrical form, the Yuan Zaju is full of the characteristics of that period, and displays unique artistic creations.

2017年9月29日 · Combining sung arias with declaimed verses and doggerels, dialogues and mime, and jokes and acrobatic feats, Yuan drama formed a vital part of China’s culture of performance and entertainment in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.”

The dramas of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) are called Yuan Zaju (yuán zá jù 元杂剧), poetic dramas set to music. As a mature, high-class theatrical form, the Yuan Zaju is full of the characteristics of that period, and displays unique artistic creations.

Scholars turned to writing drama in the Yuan period (1206–1368) when they were removed from their positions in the government by China’s new Mongol rulers, descendants of Chinggis (Genghis) Khan. They developed the earlier northern style of zaju into a four-act dramatic form, in which songs (in the same mode in one act) alternated with ...

The rise of zajua made the Yuan Dynasty the golden age of Chinese opera. As far as we know today, there were more than 200 registered playwrights and more than 700 zaju scripts. Guan Hanqing was the greatest and most prolific playwright of the time.

2018年1月16日 · Yuan drama is a general term for zaju (variety show), nanxi (southern opera), and sanqu (loose melody) of the Yuan dynasty. It is a form of Chinese drama or Chinese opera which provides entertainment through a synthesis of prose and poetry recitation, dance, singing, and mime, with a certain emphasis on comedy (happy endings).

In terms of subject matter, Yuan zaju can be grouped into historical, romantic, and social dramas. Zhaoshi gu’er (Orphan of Zhao), Mianchi hui (The meeting at Mianchi), and Xixiang ji (Story of the western wing) are all famous works of zaju theater. It is fair to say that Yuan zaju is the prototype for later Chinese opera and theater arts.

2014年7月10日 · Yuan opera means opera of Yuan dynasty. There are two direct origins of Zaju in Yuan dynasty: one is a storytelling and singing art form from the Song dynasty to the Jin dynasty-Zhu Gongdiao; the other is a playlet form that focuses on making fun-Zaju of Song dynasty and performers' scripts of the Jin dynasty.