| Joyce | Koi Ming Fai | Person | Cantonese opera stars |
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Type:Person Subject:Cantonese opera stars |
Description:She graduated from the school organized by The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong. She usually plays a role of "Man You Sang " in the performance
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| A Gown with a Sloping Collar 「褶子 / 海青」 | A Gown with a Sloping Collar 「褶子 / 海青」 | Physical object | Casual wear, common costume |
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Type:Physical object Subject:Casual wear, common costume |
Description:The gown with a Sloping Collar is a common costume mostly wear by artists playing young aristocrats and noblemen. It decorates with floral patterns and characterised by a sloping collar, wide sleeves covered by flowing sleeves and a straight body with two side slits. [show more]
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| A Gown with Vertical Collar 「帔風」 | A Gown with Vertical Collar 「帔風」 | Physical object | Cloak, patricians, casual wear |
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Type:Physical object Subject:Cloak, patricians, casual wear |
Description:This gown with floral embroidery is the casual wear worn by patricians. A women’s pei is a long knee-length robe with symmetrical fronts, wide sleeves covered with flowing sleeves, two side slits and a long dress.
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| Acrobatic fighting (打) | Acrobatic fighting (打) | | basic skills of Cantonese opera |
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Subject:basic skills of Cantonese opera |
Description:One of the four fundamental skills of Cantonese opera that Kung Fu elements are combined in the action
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| Acting (做) | Acting (做) | | Basic skills of Cantonese opera that performers react to the story and show their emotions by using their body language and facial expressions. |
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Subject:Basic skills of Cantonese opera that performers react to the story and show their emotions by using their body language and facial expressions. |
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| Armor (k’ao) 「靠」 | Armor (k’ao) 「靠」 | Physical object | War costume, soldiers, armor |
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Type:Physical object Subject:War costume, soldiers, armor |
Description:K’ao is a war costume that always wearing by Wu-shêng. It has many parts including mail and padding to create the effect of a fierce and strong warrior.
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| Beijing style gongs | Beijing style gongs | physical object | percussion instrument
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Type:physical object Subject:percussion instrument
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Description:Gong is a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet wrapped with fabric.Ontop of that,Beijing style one is a smaller gong used to announce the entry of lesser players or women and to identify points of humour
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| Buyu | Buyu | physical object | percussion instrument
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Type:physical object Subject:percussion instrument
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Description:Another name of Buyu is woodblock.It is hollow with a ridge outside of the wooden fish to help provide the genuine hollow sound when striking the fish.The sound can differ amongst wooden fish depending on the size, type of wood used, and how hollow the wooden fish is
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| chou_sang | Chou Sang (丑生) | role | Clown |
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Type:role Subject:Clown |
Description:Chou Sang is the comic role in Cantonese Opera and usually plays secondary roles in a troupe.
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| Cloak (Kaichang) 「開氅/ 海長」 | Cloak (Kaichang) 「開氅/ 海長」 | Physical object | Casual wear, formal, informal |
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Type:Physical object Subject:Casual wear, formal, informal |
Description:The cloak is the casual clothes wear by the military commanders in Beijing Opera in a non-ceremonial occasion. In some recent Cantonese Opera, it is especially used for ceremonial banquets. It cannot wear by the unofficial.
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