"Hometown is Beijing" The Elements of Learning Peking Opera with the Style of Beijing Culture in Modern Songs

Abstract

        Peking opera expresses the drama of traditional Chinese society and is included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List by the United Nations. The integration of the elements of Peking Opera and opera makes the style of our vocal music works more distinctive nationality and style. "Xi Ge" is a new type of music developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It refers to songs close to a specific type of drama in terms of musical form or singing style. This article takes "Hometown is Beijing" as an example to analyze the use of Beijing opera elements combined with Beijing culture in modern songs. Peking opera is the crystallization of Chinese traditional culture. She is known as the quintessence of the country because she contains the essence of local opera in many parts of our country and is a concentrated expression of the art of Chinese opera. Peking opera is a drama performance that integrates singing, thinking, doing, and fighting. In the mid-nineteenth century, Peking opera, conceived in the folk and integrated the drama elements of the north and south of China, developed maturely in Beijing and was widely spread throughout China.