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| | Brushing Dust off Old Script (Aug 20, 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Nanxi, or Southern Opera, a multiple-act form of play that emerged in Yongjia, is considered the earliest theater genre in China. |
 | | Its five key performers are Jiang Qihu, the sheng or male character, Li Haiyan, the dan or female character, Liu Jinquan, the jing or painted face character, Zhen Jianhua, the mo or secondary male character, and Kong Xinyuan, the chou or clown. |
 | | Both Li, a leading actress of the Cheng School (Cheng Yanqiu, 1904-58, a popular Peking Opera actor who played female roles), and Jiang of the Ye Schoo (Ye Shenglan, 1914-78), are rising performers who follow their masters' styles but add their own distinctive characteristics at the same time. |
| www.chinatravelnews.com /news/aug-03/8-20-03.htm (741 words) |
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