A Combination of Kunqu opera and Kabuki - 昆劇和歌舞伎合演 《遊園驚夢》片段

[TakehikoKinomoto]

講不過別人就罵人了,素質咧?不懂日本就少講話沒人當你是啞巴(­(菸

[vadertjetijd]

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[profoundmemory]

不过还是感觉昆曲和歌舞伎放在一起怪怪的

[ChaoYves]

如梦如幻

[owenoury1]

？？

[simoninsingapore]

希望倭在我访问之前不要亡国.

[indrepileckaite1]

cool

[gwenda2722062]

不太融合，樂曲配合的前後有點怪，各別聽倒很好聽呢

[hybridluis]

why the hell did orientals stoped dressing like that , their clothing was so beautiful, now its just your generic american jeans and shirts, its boring

[EsFei13]

是不錯的新鮮配答，只是那舞伎好像走比較急與辛苦吧！

[Yolande0]

这戏，，，绝对穿越了

[capricorn14]

I love this sooo much ! <3

very beautiful and cute.

[SGarden7]

看了兩個傳統文化的結合，不得不大讚一聲　好！很棒的傳統文化表演形式的突破

[wingplum]

I totally agree with you.

[xveyang]

歌舞伎也是来源于中国只是比昆剧早两千年罢了。

[cycnii]

@xveyang

没这种说法的吧，不要搞得和韩国人一样。。。

[xveyang]

@cycnii

歌舞伎的源头是中国春秋时代楚国的傩戏，中国不是棒子，中国是东­亚文明发源地！明白不？

[cycnii]

@xveyang

东亚各国是从中国借鉴了很多，但是人家自己原创的东西也不少的，­好像东亚只有中国有文化一样。歌舞伎才几年，傩戏多少年以前就推­出历史舞台了，你让人家坐时间机器去学么。。。而且退一万步讲，­日本很多文化和中国的关系 就和 禅宗和印度佛教的关系是一样的，佛教起源于印度，但禅宗就是起源­于中国，是中国独创的

[xveyang]

@cycnii

华夏文明是一颗大树，东亚日本不过是这颗大树一根枝干。至于‘韩­国’不过是一个万年属国，三姓家奴，永世的哈巴狗！另外我提醒你­佛教不是起源印度，达悉多是今天尼泊尔北部靠近中国西藏的一个小­国的王子。佛教在今天印度基本被灭绝了，而且从来就没有什么势力­。原因非常简单和印度等级社会格格不入。

[cycnii]

@xveyang

不和你争了，我也是希望有一天中国可以恢复宗藩体系时期的辉煌，­不过现在看看希望渺茫的说。。。

[TakehikoKinomoto]

@xveyang 你自己先搞懂儺戲是什麼吧!少在那裏不懂裝懂= =

[TakehikoKinomoto]

@xveyang

歌舞伎跟中國一點關係都沒關係,從出雲阿國的念佛舞,也就是神樂­發展出來的,完全是神道教體系,跟中國有什麼關係!?

少在那裏大中國沙文主義!你們的行為跟韓國不也沒兩樣?

!韓國人說什麼都是韓國的,妝國部也說什麼都是中國的!?

半金八兩,五十步笑百步聽過嗎?

[profoundmemory]

@TakehikoKinomoto 哪里都有激进的台湾人，就连一个表演也不放过。

[sunwenze]

@TakehikoKinomoto 别老一句你们中国或者你们台湾的, 那些人代表不了全部中国人或台湾人. 就人论事, 他说错了,把歌舞伎说成是源于中国的你反驳他就是了. 再者说日本文化的确脱自中国文化, 有时候也难免会搞混一些东西. 我遇到很多美国人都以为相扑和照烧鸡是中国的. 还有是半斤八两, 不是金.

[redscarfwow]

@TakehikoKinomoto 你就是个SB， 日本人的歌舞姬和中国的昆曲在一起 演出，触动你个 台巴子什么神经了？

[clownn]

it's very nice to see the 2 great art combine together and it turns out so harmonious.

i was wondering if the Kabuki artist is a man and it surprised me that he really is and he's so graceful.

[fionaloveroy]

明代俊俏公子和唐代雍容千金...lol

[xveyang]

明朝和唐朝

[Pasuxl]

湯顯祖無語了

[bingbingchen]

i personally think kun opera is better than peking opera, peking opera is too noisy-

[iysum]

Cannot agree more.

[chenyun01]

如果沒有戰爭沒有政權問題，只有文化上的交流就好了。

[bingbingchen]

但是非常不幸的是 日本犯了个错误

[robinvan1983]

i like this style of opera.... it is more western i guess... but also more fluid in dancing and singing

[iysum]

Kunqu (Kun opera) was the oldest opera in China (dated 600 years). It was considered "mother of all Chinese operas". Its artistic format reached the peak achievement with the emphasize on both singing and dancing. Majority of Kun opera's scripts were written by Chinese scholars; and it was selected as emperors' court music.

[robinvan1983]

thanks for the info.... strange that peking opera is so..... static.... i wonder why such change occured

[iysum]

Peking opera emerged from 18th century (about 300 years old). It was highly influenced by Kun opera. Kun opera started in southern china, and soon became very popular throughout entire China (like R&B today). But its lyric was mainly southern dialect.  Many regional operas were born imitating after the Kun opera. Both Peking opera and Kun opera are combination of music, singing, dance and citation. Key differences were the music instruments, music itself and performance dialects.

[MinzhuZhongguo1]

@iysum The language which is used in Kunqu is not dialect but Mandarin, a kind of Suzhou style Mandarin. It is called Yubai, which is very similar with Yunbai in Beijing Opera, as Beijing Opera was influenced by Kunqu deeply. In Kunqu, the leading roles use the Suzhou style Mandarin, but some of the minors use Suzhou dialect, like Shidaogu in The Peony Pavilion.

[iysum]

Peking opera and Kun opera are both highly stylized form of art. Many attempted to make it more modern; but the efforts resulted very awkward. Going back to the traditional way probably is the right route to make it more popular, just my opinion.

[robinvan1983]

well i do know that some opera pieces where turned into pop songs.... never found a cd about it but i would like to listen to them if you know what i am talking about. My preferance in style is Kun. Again thanks for the info.

[iysum]

You are talking about Wang Leehom's pop song? Check this out.

watch?v=FwVqrrr_bPM&feature=re­lated

[robinvan1983]

no, a rap version of chinese opera is very..... bad

i mean this one:

watch?v=JMD5z7yvmrg&feature=ch­annel_page

[iysum]

Ah, that one is good.  Its about PK operas.

[MinzhuZhongguo1]

@robinvan1983 It is Kunqu Opera, one of the oldest living operas in China. In fact there are hundreds of different operas with different styles in China.

[MinzhuZhongguo1]

@robinvan1983 In fact, it's very traditional.

[Hokayshenao]

arigato...Kunqu ga suki.

Voir: 37,526

2009.6.5.

[AngeliaEthaniel]

中日友好=]

[rhymofawill]

@AngeliaEthaniel

日中友好万歲 !!!

[ssupertuesday]

Oh very good

[Kilaulani]

誰がこれを英語で翻訳してください。

私が日本語が分かるけどちょっと分かります。

どうして笑いをしたの。

[iysum]

The singing was in Chinese, buddy. Its Chinese opera.

[Kilaulani]

oh yea i knew it was in chinese. that was a long time ago... lol

it's in mandarin chinese...

i understand it very well...

it was a chinese opera and kabuki combined together...

i just needed help with a word that was in chinese... because i didn't understand it...

[iysum]

The lyric is literarily about a dream: a man met a young lady in her garden; he asked her for her hands under the witness of the flower gods. Rather PG13 kind. The Japanese subtitle was not the most accurate.

[alita86]

Can anyone help me find music of Jun Zhang's current music that has a modern jazz touch to it? I heard it on NPR a couple weeks ago and it was amazing and blew me away, if I could only get my hands on some of his music, I would be very grateful.

[GeikoWannabe]

i like it.

[lovingfuji]

lol.........

[fauxfungi]

i've watched this one hundred times

and it never gets old

[Rab1975bit]

This is great but seems a little strange...

[Rab1975bit]

The music is a bit too modernized, not quite sure about it.

[youyi0330]

我感覺還蠻和諧的

可能是文化上有共同點吧~衣服看起來很相稱~優雅的姿態亦然~

[elmusic123]

呵呵，感觉怪怪的

[hotin1108]

很特別

[rotenshou]

1O1

[wxanita560]

这是哪一届中日友好晚会上吧

[jillfish1680]

这是好多年前的啦

当时看的时候就很感动

[JPandCo]

This video is amaaaazing! If only it was kabuki.... if only it was in Nagauta and in Japanese... if only it was an onnagata... I would love to see that pink kimono in "Yoshitsune Zenbon Sakura" (:

[JPandCo]

sorry, emiya ichikawa is an onnagata, and a very very good one, . For one day I thought he was not an onnagata!

[LapinMignon]

They only rehearsed for 4 hours?! That's pretty good for 4 hours of rehearsal... And to those comments below, every language has their strengths and weaknesses, and of course, people don't actually speak like that in real life: tones and voices are exaggerated.

[moonshine100]

mm i don't undrstand what they are saying but is the men trying to courting the shy women?

[Akivaxjo]

But that's NOT cantonese(廣東語), it's Kunju(昆劇), another Chinese trational opera, in a dialect kinda similar to Shanghai dialect.

[Miyofuku]

Wow! I love the peony pavillion since I saw it once on television. Thank you so much for posting *hug*

[winterjoan]

this is the dialect from SUZHOU,kunshan

the city is near SHANGHAI~~

NOT CANTONESE AT ALL ~~

[pmdddd]

Kunqu is not Cantonese opera!!!

[amevicky]

Reply disappeared...ft.I think Cantonese opera is more beautiful...Beijing Opera?just a mixed result..dont like it.BTW I am Ming Dynasty fan,dislike..no,almost HATE Qing Dy.

[Kaze2109]

I'm a Tang/Ming fan :P

[solomonic123]

ha~~nice try

[spurcheck]

i like it

all

[derarmeheinrich]

这个日本男伎演的女人，好恶搞啊，真"笑也"。

[020221913]

不倫不纇

[Cervallon]

THEY ONLY PRACTICED FOR FOUR HOURS BEFOREHAND?

Oh, wow, two difficult genres together.

The acting is WONDERFUL.

[hellowjp]

this is interesting Chinese Kunqu Opera with Japanese Kabuki.

[azrulhakim]

love the fusion of cultures..

[Sunstila]

Maravilhoso!

[DMZ666damian]

有趣~~~

日本杜麗娘~~~哈哈

[Chichiri520]

beautiful!!! Wonderful blend of Kabuki and Chinese opera

[f19m87x]

还好吧~作为友好的文化交流沟通~呵呵 不过恐怕柳梦梅在唱什么只有我们知道了~

[kieran196]

Sorry,I 've seen Kabuki theatre twice here in London& I loved it,I like Cantonese opera but Kabuki & Chinese opera together?,No!!

[Intranetusa]

Cantonese opera is different I believe. Chinese opera is derived from Qing dynasty Beijing Opera, and is influenced by central Chinese-Beijing and North Eastern Chinese Manchu Qing Dynasty. Canton is in the far south of China...

[amevicky]

agree.I think Cantonese opera is more beautiful...Beijing Opera?just a mixed result..dont like it.BTW I am Ming Dynasty fan,dislike..no,almost HATE Qing Dy.

[Intranetusa]

Well, I find Cantonese language itself a bit "hard" on the ears lol. I also dislike the current Manchu-Chinese qiapo clothings introduced during the Qing Dynasty.

It's great for women (abeit gaudy), but it is horrible for men.

Traditional Chinese Hanfus are much better, and look great for both men and women.

[cacalacapoo]

Ever heard of a Beijing native speak mandarin? That's a lot more harsh sounding than cantonese...duh.

[calitidalwave]

duh yourself, all the old immigrants from the southern part of china speak cantonese in Chinatown and the cities that are heavily inhabited by Chinese. And everytime when I go to those places and hear people talking, it always sounds like they are yelling at each other. My friends always mistake those harsh tones and ugly sounds as if the people are in the middle of a fight. But no, they were just carrying a daily conversation. On the contrary, Mandarin is much softer. It's beautiful. so Duh!

[cacalacapoo]

FYI, that is actually a dialect of cantonese most likely Toisan that you heard. The main dialect of cantonese that is classified as Guangzhou dialect of different. But it seems that you don't know much about the language so it's useless explaining to people like you. So yeah, duh for being ignorant.

[calitidalwave]

pshhhh, I know a guy from hongkong who speaks cantonese, even he himself admits that cantonese has a harsher sound than mandarin. so look yourself in the mirror before you call anyone "ignorant".

[cacalacapoo]

Remind me to not be as stupid as you.

[calitidalwave]

yeah, for someone who posted a comment like yours, can't be too smart. Come back to this site when you enter your puberty.

[amevicky]

agree.I think Cantonese opera is more beautiful...Beijing Opera?just a mixed result..dont like it.BTW I am Ming Dynasty fan,dislike..no,almost HATE Qing Dy.

[SBTailand]

Kun Opera just started in Ming dynasty. That's why we always say Kun Opera for 600 years. I dislike Peking Opera either. it's so noisy that i can feel no grace in it.

And this vedio is about Kun Opera which is the ancestor of all Chinese Opera including Cantonese opera and Peking Opera.

[Intranetusa]

Never liked East Asian opera, the singing is way too tonal and too sharp...hurts my ears :(

[clcn21]

Its very beautiful!!

[SHIRENHUA116]

张军的吸气声，好象有点大～～～

他扮相俊美，不过有点驼背就是了

[megumegu1229]

面白い～♡

[soontzuspeechley]

This is a wonderful combination! Both Kabuki and Chinese opera have an enjoyable gaudiness to them. The music and performances are over the top! Certain comments suggest ignorance about kabuki since the costume changes and sets of a play such as Musume Dojoji are far more acrobatic and loud than those in an opera like say, Butterfly Lovers.

They go very well together, different yet complementary.

[Intranetusa]

Italian Opera is still probably the best

[soontzuspeechley]

Actually I'm more inclined to the French opera, if I'm to listen to European opera.

I do like Monteverdi though.

But my favourite operatic genre (and I must be forgiven for any personal bias here) is Nanquan.

[Intranetusa]

Various styles have their perks and flaws. I sometimes find them boring beyond belief :(

To each their own I suppose. :-)

[soontzuspeechley]

Eh I must say I've got to agree with you there(: Often they're indescribably dull. But then all musical genres have their good and bad moments I suppose :\

[JPandCo]

what kabuki had of beauty they ruin it with that dance... even the wig doesnt has 2 do...and...mine she*s not an onnagata (:

[JPandCo]

i dnt criticize.. but i really dnt like kunqu O.o and even less when they combine it with kabuki (which i love) dnt know really what u like of kunqu... it is so noisy and too much movements 4 my appreciation

[Intranetusa]

I'm not sure what's it's called but there is a type of Japanese opera that sounds just like similar

they have this "string" like instrument and sing in a high pitched voice

[myASIMO]

Nice effort. But Football and rugby can't be mixed into the one game. Then both sports would loose it's dignity. But still point to this effort was great.

[reverdie]

this is the kunqu lyric (the most erotic of the play)

姐姐，和你那答儿讲话去。

那！转过这芍药栏前，紧靠着湖山石边。和你把领扣儿松，衣带宽，­袖梢儿揾着牙儿沾，也。则待你忍耐温存一晌眠。

[harkpau]

Very creative. Excellent. Thanks for sharing.

[Obbyto]

hhahaa chinese opera + japan opera!

[ZIYANHUANGLONG]

汗~多少乌龙了些......

不过作为文化方面的友好交流还是不错的~

[shimizusatsuki]

天哪！中日合作的......好特别哦！

[poisongrin]

This is so strange to see! How rare and novel!

[renesussmayr]

it seems that it is the Kabuki actor trying to match up with the Kunqu actor...the most important point is that the posture of Chinese opera seems to be more open-wided and faster. However, the Japanese posture is more underlying.. I do know the girl should be that in traditional drama but it just doesn't cooerdiate with harmony to me..to sum it up... it looks so strange

[renesussmayr]

(0__o) hard to accept.....I prefer to Chinese actress more

[chrisros123]

Love the performance!!! But I gotta agree with free2rock though... that kimono was not meant for that obi and the obijime

[alincielo]

That's a beautiful dream!!

[momijy]

unacceptable!!

[free2rock]

I love it! Their kimono is beautiful, I don't so much like the obi on the pink kimono, though. Very beautiful. Thank you for the video!

[jl838]

Fabulous!

[xuhenryca]

pretty amazing

[123natla456]

Are these Japanese (Kabuki) and Chinese (Kunqu Opera) performing together? Gorgeous!

[JAnimaniac]

Absolutely Amazing Performance! FANtastic video!!!! I love it! It's in my favorites.

[TonyNhollywood]

Absolutely beautiful. It leaves me with such a feel of sorrow, and longing.

[lapinrose128]

Marvelous!!!Like it very much!thanks for sharing!

[jl838]

beautiful

[NikkiSavella]

EXTRAVAGANT! Thank you so much for posting!

[gardengeisha]

I have never seen the two performed together like this

[Zi1986]

Oh my god!It's very BEAUTIFUL!

[aaliannah]

No, the oonagata was played by emiya ichikawa

[TonyNhollywood]

Is that Tomasaburo Playing the role of the geisha? Its absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!

[Cyber64]

Tamasaburo? No, he isnt.

[TonyPstunts]

Emiya Ichikawa. but sounds similar to him doesnt it?