Chinese opera (中国戏剧) is one of the oldest dramatic art forms in the world, along with Greece tragic-comedy and Indian Sanskrit Opera. It was very popular in ancient China and an amalgamation of various art forms. It has evolved over more than one thousand years, reaching its mature in the Song Dynasty during the 13th century.
From the time on, Chinese opera has become a traditional art form in Yuan Dynasty. Followed by the Qing Dynasty, it became a fashionable activity among ordinary people. Chinese opera incorporated various art forms, such as song, dance, music, material as well as literary art forms to become Chinese opera. Each area in China has their own types of Chinese opera, of which the Beijing opera is one of the most famous opera.
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