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Roots of Traditional Chinese Opera

Rong Jiang

Abstract


This paper briefly reviews the development of traditional Chinese opera and fills a gap in the study of this traditional Chinese art out of China. It is hoped that it will draw the attention of more foreign scholars to the study of traditional Chinese opera.


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Chinese Traditional Opera; Roots and Development; History

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i7.4486

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