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. 1. 1. Talk about the origin of Beijing Opera. 2. 2. Talk about the types of role in Beijing Opera. 33. Talk about some symbolism in Beijing Opera. Today’s topics after fast-reading: Hope you know more about 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 and chou. Sheng are the leading male actors who portray scholars, officials, warriors, etc.

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

10. 老生 小生

11. 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). 青衣青衣 武旦 刀马旦

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

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

14. Jing are 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 Sha WujingNiu MowangSun WukongEr Langshen

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. 1.Color ( especially, facial make-up) 2.Props 3.Body movement

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. F un time: Action show Symbolism in Beijing Opera

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.