The Consciousness And Symbolic Significance Of The Manchu In Peking Opera Costumes’ Aesthetic

Peking Opera is a colorful flower in China’s Opera garden, with rich culturalconnotation, unique performance programs and distinctive artistic language became thequintessence of Chinese culture. The stage of Peking Opera is an indispensable factor inperformance, however, the costumes is an important part in the stage of Peking Opera,Because of the difference of color, pattern and texture, and different collocation, it makesthe whole costumes is rich, colorful and expressive. Peking Opera originated in the midand late Qing Dynasty, At this time Manchu is in a dominant position, I through studyingPeking opera costumes had found a large number of Manchu costume elements, a greatfusion between the two parts.On the study of Peking Opera costumes, they are related to works involved Drama, Colorscience, Arts, Aesthetics and other subjects. In order to study, this paper use differentperspectives and achieve remarkable results. In comparison, especially in aestheticperspective, such as the research, in the Peking Opera costumes of Manchu consciousnessand symbolic significance is very few. Therefore, for further comprehensive and in-depth study, thispaper discusses the elements of Manchu clothing and combined with Peking Opera costumes.The paper is composed by introduction, body, conclusion, references, and appendix andso on.Introduction briefly describes selected reasons, research object and methods,innovation, significance and solve problem, brief talking about the present research statusof Peking opera costumes and some elements of Manchu clothing.Chapter One introduces some typical elements of Manchu clothing, arrange thedevelopment and changes of Manchu clothing, Focus on some typical elements of Manchu clothing and characteristics analysis, In order to analyze the Manchu clothing productionand the development of the historical background in Qing Dynasty, and summarize the ruleof historical evolution, For the after study of the necessary theoretical basis.Chapter Two analyzes these typical elements of Manchu clothing in Peking operacostumes, This is novel part compared with the previous research, discuss the elements ofManchu clothing in the four roles of Peking opera and analyze the aesthetic characteristicsof the four roles.Chapter Three from an aesthetic aspect, focus on discussing the consciousness andsymbolic significance of the Manchu in Peking Opera costumes, this is the weak part of theprevious research, is also the key and difficult part. Elaborating Manchu consciousness inPeking Opera costumes’ aesthetic.Epilogue expounds the value of this paper again, through analyzing and discussing alink between Manchu clothing with joint and the Peking opera costumes, probing into theethnic characteristics of Manchu in the Peking opera costumes, reveal hidden in theconsciousness and symbolic significance of the Manchu in Peking Opera costumes.