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2. Unit 6 Chinese Heritage---Reading A Beijing Opera

3. Teaching Procedures: Step1: Greeting and Lead-in Step2:Skimming Step 3:Scanning Step 4: Sum up Step 5: Homework

4. Today’s topics after fast-reading: Hope you know more about Beijing Opera! 1. Talk about the origin of Beijing Opera. 2. Talk about the types of role in Beijing Opera. 3. Talk about some symbolism in Beijing Opera.

5. Monkey King

6. White Snake

7. Women Generals of the Yang Family

8. There are four types of roles: sheng,dan , jing andchou. Shengare the leading male actors who portray scholars, officials, warriors, etc.

9. 老生 小生 Sheng which is subdivided into lao sheng (old man), xiao sheng (young man) and wu sheng (the warrior type).

10. 老生 小生

11. 刀马旦 青衣 武旦 Dan are female roles，which is divided into qing yi(the quiet and gentle), hua dan(the vivacious 活泼的or dissolute放荡的type), wu dan(women with martial skills), dao ma dan(sword and horse type, women skilled in fighting with weapons) and lao dan(old woman).

12. 4 Famous performers: Mei Lanfang Shang Xiaoyun Xun Huisheng Cheng Yanqiu

13. Shang Xiaoyun, Mei Lanfang, Xun Huisheng, Cheng Yanqiu

14. Jingare the painted-face roles, and they represent warriors, heroes, statesmen and bad men. Some Jing roles are devoted more to singing while others stress acting. The audience is able to distinguish the good from the wicked by studying the make- up and costumes.

15. The painted faces are symbolic and exaggerated, and are used to represent a character’s personality.

17. Guess Sun Wukong Sha Wujing Er Langshen Niu Mowang

18. Chou are basically the clowns marked by a small, square-shaped white area on their noses. He is funny and humorous. This role is again subdivided into "civilian clowns" and "warrior clowns".

19. Let’s talk about some symbolism in Beijing Opera. • Color ( especially, facial make-up) • Props • Body movement

20. Guan yu Red face:upright（正直的），loyal（忠诚的）and courageous（英勇的）character

21. Cao Cao White face: white reveals（显示出）a crafty（诡计多端）and suspicious（疑心）character.

22. Bao Gong Black face: black suggests a serious, uprightness （正直）and straightforwardness（坦率）

23. Lian Po Purple face: a symbol of wise, brave and a sense of justice（正义）

24. Dian Wei Yellow face: yellow means an intelligent character, but a less extroverted（外向的）one.

25. Ru Lai Gold face: gold and silver are sometimes used on the faces of immortals（神仙）, demons（恶魔）and monsters（怪物）.

26. Symbolism in Beijing Opera Fun time:Action show

27. 1.Opening a door 2.A girl doing embroidery( 刺绣） 3.Rowing a boat , in good weather and in bad weather

28. Let’s sum up our lesson together!

29. Homework To read the text and find more information about Beijing Opera from Internet.