英语畅谈中国文化50主题10

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1、10.PekingOperaFacialMasksA:PekingOperaisthecreamofChineseculture.Assuch,ithasbecomeamust-seeitemtoentertainforeigners.ButIdon’tlikeitsshriekingsingingandthenoisypercussions.Ienjoythecostumesandfacialmasksbetter.B:Asatraditionalartform,PekingOperahasproblemsinappealingtot

2、oday’stheatergoers.Itisveryslowandmonotonous.Itscostumesandfacialmasksaremoreattractive.ThereisaverydistinctMingDynastyinfluenceonPekingOperacostumes.Theyareverycolorfulandmajestic.Twolongpiecesofwhitesilkattheendofthesleevescreateagracefulfeelingduringdancing.Differents

3、tylesofthecostumesareusedtoreflectthestatusofdifferentcharacters.Therearemoredecorationsinthecostumesofthenobles,whilethoseforthepoortendtobesimpleandlessornamental.Butthesamematerialsareusedforallcostumestoensurethedesiredtheatricalpresentation.Present-daydesignersareal

4、soborrowingfromthePekingOperafortheirwork.A:Facialmaskscanreflectthequalitiesofdifferentcharacters.B:Facialmasksusingdifferentcolorsareanimportantwaystoportrayacharacter.Therearehundredsofdifferentfacialmaskdesignsandeachcharacterhasitsowndesign.Forexample,GuanYuisaveryw

5、ell-knownwarrior.Peoplebelievehehadadarkredcomplexionsohisfacialmaskispaintedredbecauseredisacolorthatrepresentsloyaltyandcourage.A:Asthefolksayinggoes,“Allredcomplexionguysaregoodguys.”B:ThefacialmaskoftheSongDynastyEmperorZhaoKuangyindepictsadragontoshowhisimperialback

6、ground.AnotherheroisYangQilang.There’satigerinhisfacialmask.Theword‘tiger’isevenwrittenontheforeheadtoshowthatheisascourageousasatiger.A:Socolorsbecomeanimportantexpression.B:Yes.Peoplecantellaherofromavillainbythecolorsoftheirmasks.Ingeneral,whiteusuallyrepresentstreach

7、ery,blackrepresentsrighteousness,yellowrepresentsbravery,blueandgreenrepresentrebelliousfighterswhilegoldandsilverrepresentdivinityandBuddhism.A:Ididn’trealizethatPekingOpera’sfacialmasksaresocomplicated.AlthoughIcan’tstanditsshriekingsinging,IstillliketogotoaPekingOpera

8、show.I’lllistentomymp3whileenjoyingthefacialmasks.B:Thenyoucanhavethebestofbothworlds.14BackgroundReadi