Famous quotes from Peking Opera

Don’t be afraid of misreading, just be afraid of not reciting

If an actor suddenly forgets his lines on the stage and can’t remember them for a while, he should find someone at the last moment. Alternative words for emergency help to ensure that the show continues. This is a kind of on-the-spot remedy under special circumstances. Under normal circumstances, nonsense words are not allowed.

You don’t want to clap on the spot, but you want to nod afterwards

Actors’ performances on stage should not show off their skills in exchange for audience applause. They should use performance techniques appropriately according to the needs of the plot and characters. figure.

The female actors are afraid of laughing, and the painted faces are afraid of crying

Crying and laughing on the Peking Opera stage are not copied from crying and laughing in real life, but are artistically transformed and expressed through performance techniques. . In Peking Opera, due to the different characteristics of Dan Xing's gentleness and beauty, and Jing Xing's roughness and straightforwardness, Dan Xing's laughter and Jing Xing's cry are more difficult to master and apply in terms of tone, breath, mouth shape, face and other techniques. big.

Speak without losing your breath, and it will never take effort

When singing, you must cherish your breath. Perfect vocalization can also save the singer's effort.

The high-pitched tone should be strong, the low-pitched tone should be restrained, the high pitch should be raised and lowered, and the sharpness should not be obvious

When singing a high tune, the Qi should be raised from the Dantian, and the pronunciation of the characters should be raised from low to high to adjust the tone. Guan Zi, follow the tone of the tune, avoid being silent or almost shouting. When singing a low tune, it should be "heavy, slow, deep, and paused." The natural law of sound is that pitches are high pitched and pitched low. It is impossible to change this law, but through proper control and scientific application of breath, the weak, strong and high of the sound can be controlled to make the connection between high and low natural and harmonious. Therefore, if you want to achieve the goal of "a high tone but not a thin tone, a low tone but not a weak tone", you must be full of energy when singing high notes and restrained when singing low notes. The higher the pitch, the more you need to release your air enough so that the sound is high but not sharp or narrow. The lower the sound, the more effort should be made to converge the Qi so that the tone is not weak and soundless, so that the sound is low but not turbid.

Good plays will make people drunk, bad plays will make people fall asleep

The stage performances with high artistic standards guide the audience into the plot and shock the audience's hearts with strong artistic appeal. ; Performances with poor performance levels cannot attract the audience's attention, and may even make the audience feel tired and sleepy.