The Study Of The Group Of Kun Sheng In Beijing Opera In The Late Qing Dynasty And The Republic Of China

The growing popularity of Kun Sheng is an important phenomenon in the development history of Beijing Opera during the period of Late Qing Dynasty and Republic of China.This paper takes this group as its research object with the hope to grasp a more complete ecological landscape of urban Kun Sheng in Beijing Opera.The development and growth of Kun Lin and its status changes in the social revolution has provided an opportunity for the booming prosperity of Kun Sheng.The art of Kun Sheng is mainly handed down from the older generations of the family or succession of teaching from a master.Kun Sheng mainly engage in playing these two roles:middle-aged bearded male and martial male,in which middle-aged bearded male holds the majority shares.And among those middle-aged bearded males,most are attached to Tan School and Yu School.With the advancement of Beijing Opera and the improvement of audience’s appreciation taste of opera,the art level of Kun Sheng shows a transformation from color to art as a whole,and the duplication of art style featured its artistic inheritance essentially.In terms of Kun Sheng individuals,there is the possibility that the stage life of her disguising as a male extends to private life,therefore presents different degrees of blending between individual and art.They may have the urge to break through themselves with the help of their profession,however in literary outputs they are usually portrayed as a third-person image.And the unstoppable trend of opera innovation also leads to the inevitable decline of the art of Kun Sheng.