Thar 201 exam 2 Questions And Answers
spring festival - ANS another name for chinese new year
ming dynasty - ANS A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the
mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East
Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
sheng - ANS ]is a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.
6 types of yuan plays - ANS 1. Love stories
2. Religious/Supernatural stories
3. Historical Sagas
4. Domestic dramas and comedies
5. Crime and lawsuit dramas
6. Bandit-hero plays
Bandit hero was most popular
pear garden - ANS China's first known theater academy
huang ming - ANS chinese engineer
yuan dynasty - ANS was the empire or ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai
Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan.
ching hsi (peking opera) - ANS orm of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal
performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully
developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.
ch'ou - ANS Chinese culture changed radically during this 770-year period, as power
extended across family lines to create aristocratic cities and principalities; eventually, these
separate states battled for dominance. Bronzes lost their religious associations and became
instead ornate symbols of personal status. Because clay was cheaper, ceramic copies of bronze
ritual items were placed in burials. Jade work flourished. Two enduring schools of
thought-Confucianism and Taoism-evolved, and the Chinese literary tradition began.
Noh Theatre - ANS performers are simply storytellers who use their visual appearances
and their movements to suggest the essence of their tale rather than to enact it
bunraku - ANS is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre,
spring festival - ANS another name for chinese new year
ming dynasty - ANS A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the
mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East
Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
sheng - ANS ]is a Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes.
6 types of yuan plays - ANS 1. Love stories
2. Religious/Supernatural stories
3. Historical Sagas
4. Domestic dramas and comedies
5. Crime and lawsuit dramas
6. Bandit-hero plays
Bandit hero was most popular
pear garden - ANS China's first known theater academy
huang ming - ANS chinese engineer
yuan dynasty - ANS was the empire or ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai
Khan, leader of the Mongolian Borjigin clan.
ching hsi (peking opera) - ANS orm of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal
performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully
developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.
ch'ou - ANS Chinese culture changed radically during this 770-year period, as power
extended across family lines to create aristocratic cities and principalities; eventually, these
separate states battled for dominance. Bronzes lost their religious associations and became
instead ornate symbols of personal status. Because clay was cheaper, ceramic copies of bronze
ritual items were placed in burials. Jade work flourished. Two enduring schools of
thought-Confucianism and Taoism-evolved, and the Chinese literary tradition began.
Noh Theatre - ANS performers are simply storytellers who use their visual appearances
and their movements to suggest the essence of their tale rather than to enact it
bunraku - ANS is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre,
