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China is known for their traditional theater art form, the peking opera, or beijing opera which combines music, vocal performance, pantomime, dance, and acrobatics. In the 55th year of the reign of emperor qianlong of the qing dynasty 1790, four big opera troupes from anhui province entered the capital and combined with kunqu opera, yiyang opera, hanju opera and luantan to create what we now know as beijing opera. Tsui harks classic peking opera blues is an amazing pinata of a movie that combines more genres and hong kongspecific themes than one could possibly imagine. The peking opera is known by many names, like eastern opera ebeijing, and jingqiang xu, but the most common name in the western world is the beijing opera wertz. On the day of her marriage, she is caught in a heavy rain, and meets in the chunqiu pavilion zhao shouzhen, a poor lady who is also getting married. We use your linkedin profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. The chinese title for peking opera blues is do ma dan which is what the warrior women characters were called in peking opera. I am the wife of tsui hark, the director of peking opera blues hong kong view of china, jan. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tsui harks peking opera blues. Peking opera blues has all the ingredients of a recipe for success, and i would say it is the ultimate light hearted flick.