Traditional Chinese theater is a splendid art form, a production of the millennia of development of traditional Chinese culture. It is a comprehensive art form, containing elements of poetry, music, dance and fine art. Integrating all these artistic elements, tradional Chinese theater gradually developed into a performing art based on rhymes and rhythms, and characterized by singing and representing life through comprehensive artistic means. This book views this unique form of art from different aspects: history, scripts, performance, music, makeups and costumes.
