A Primer of Beijing Opera at Home: Women Generals of the Yang Family

Presenting the full performance of the Beijing Opera 'Women Generals of the Yang Family', featuring Yu Kuizhi and Li Shengsu, which tells the story of these inspiring ancient Chinese heroes from the Northern Song Dynasty.
⭐️⭐⭐⭐ 'A blazing, breathtaking spectacle' - The Guardian
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Exhilarating display of traditional Beijing Opera'- Financial Times
'Women Generals of the Yang Family' was produced by China Film Group and the China National Peking Opera Company.
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[@tibork3845]

I don't purposely look for Chinese Opera but when I see one it's hard to stop watching it. Talented actors and talented costume makers.

[@xailonut8763]

Seeing all these comments about "coming here because of Yun Jin", I find it interesting how pop culture can spark interest in the traditional arts and cultures in general. Great video, it was a delight to have subtitles I could understand!

[@Kateyangyuqing]

One of the main goals I have with learning Chinese is to be able to appreciate literature and art in its true, original form. Chinese art forms are really filled with so much depth, so many layers of meaning and subtext. Of course, it takes a lot of experience to also be able to understand the connotations and references. I'm reading modern novels which is still a loooooong way off being able to appreciate classics like Hong Lou Meng, but I aim to continue learning and gradually understand more and more. Chinese operas have so much subtext; each sentence is brief and sung slowly - but says so much. Understanding a lot of it requires much more cultural and literary experience than I have, though. But I think that's one of my favourite things about the Chinese language - it's so rich and capable of conveying so much different information on so many levels in such a short space, perfect for the many art forms that make use of it. It's truly a beautiful language (or group of languages).

[@yuzukeizel1233]

The great grandma stole the show for me. Such a formidable voice and acting!

[@kaoru1998]

I just discovered this! Thank you for posting an English subtitled full Beijing opera performance!! These are SO HARD to come by! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE POST MORE OPERA PERFORMANCES WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES!! CCTV NEVER subtitles ANY of the operas they post every week and that is SO ANNOYING. They all look so good... So, THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this!!

[@auroraborealis3432]

Yes, i love it too 🖤

[@LinLin_0308]

Lol

[@zhimingwang8273]

Only movies have subtitles, not on TV.

[@harleytong1599]

太精彩了！非常感谢国家京剧院为大家呈现一台老少咸宜的京剧名篇！

[@Kateyangyuqing]

Such incredible talent and hard work all coming together to produce a beautiful result ❤

[@thedragon12]

I dont know the name but the singer who plays the mother stole the whole show for me. She was amazing both with her voice and her expressive face.

[@elitedangeroustheworldnext9086]

Why their voice sounds like chiupmonks?

[@thedragon12]

@@elitedangeroustheworldnext9086 Because it's opera lol that's just how they do in Beijing Opera

[@meganf7087]

@@elitedangeroustheworldnext9086Because traditionally women were not allowed to perform on stage. Men would sing the women’s roles and the would pitch up their voices. Now women can perform opera but they still use the same technique men did to continue the tradition.

[@baizhuwaitingroom7057]

sometimes it's really difficult to find good video quality of Chinese opera, some of the plays are recorded with poor audio and shaky hands and are basically unwatchable, I love how this performance got professionally filmed, it feels like watching a feature movie!!

[@glorybehold6156]

Such breathtaking performance. Awesome !!!

[@Kateyangyuqing]

我很想会看懂京剧，全部都精深而含蓄，不过我现在的知识还是太贫乏的！我明明还需要学习好几年的汉语，阅读好几本书，观看好几场戏曲作品才会彻底真诚地欣赏京剧（不知道这是否可达到的--哎哟！）

[@user-ud1yt5we8t]

Biggest fan from Mexico🇲🇽🫶🏼✨

[@yuer3613]

以前看不懂戏曲 现在特别喜欢那些艺术画面感 越看越喜欢

[@Kateyangyuqing]

看来连中国人也需要不少经验才会看得懂京剧，不过你越看一定越懂，加油！

[@Dtzeo503]

The Yang family must've been very powerful everyone was trained in the martial arts especially the women of the Yang family.

[@user-qw7ef8fl2q]

杨家是宋朝卫国的满门忠烈，无论男女老少都卫国在战场上为国战死。还有一个穆桂英的女元帅

[@fargr5926]

正如小时候大人们说的，有了人生阅历才能欣赏京戏，现在看到每每感动不已。

[@alanOHALAN]

So good! I watched the whole show with tears of joy!

[@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104]

And I am so happy that I am able to watch this!

[@dongshengbai121]

有幸观看新版京剧电影杨门女将，精彩绝伦，感谢艺术家们的贡献，感谢分享。

[@elisabethschreiber4834]

The women artists or the daodan martial arts, the singing and the brazen will to fight were very convincing!

[@finn_blacklaws]

I wish these subtitles and supertitles were not blurry.

[@nayannair2351]

Beautiful performance! Thank you for the English subtitles!

[@iliketoeatpaper2958]

Thanks for posting this, I recently learnt about peking opera and I wanted to find a subtitled version so I could understand :)

[@cntolondon]

You're very welcome, we are glad you enjoyed it!

[@thepandabacon6322]

Thank you for uploading thiiiisssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@leoelpidiosiruno3976]

Thank you for this opera..

[@lilybird1462]

I am so happy to be watching this, what an inspiring and entertaining story! how lucky that it was reccomended to me on youtube. great translation, great recording!

[@yohangouraantoni3903]

que belleza el arte y las expresiones culturales amo la opera china saludes desde Colombia

[@BintangAxxa]

im watching this like in 90’s and early 2000’s,but i really like the quality

[@turquoisemanturk]

Why doesn't it full screen ? Can you upload it full screen ? Or tell me where to find it full screen ?

[@paohsiiwang5508]

經典傳世京劇電影 拍攝的非常精美 陣容堅強 李勝素 張靜 非常棒 ，感謝上傳網路分享。

[@darkfalon7]

Thank you for posting this beautiful performance with subtitles. If I may suggest something: it would be great if the letters were bigger so it would be easier to read.

[@cntolondon]

We're glad you enjoyed the performance. Thank you for your feedback, we will pass this on to our partners for future reference.

[@tc2334]

杨太君really steals the performance for me. :D

[@jamesm.3967]

Came here because of Mr. Chow HBO documentary. 😊

[@davesoraytc9889]

Who's with me just curious about Yun Jin's CN VA (Yang yang) Opera performance

[@kinga4543]

me

[@pinkishgaming-]

bruh

[@teokueiyang9454]

1:01:50 - 1:06:30 这段感人至深。

[@wordscapes5690]

Such a blessing to have REAL Chinese culture and not CCP nonsense. Wonderful.

[@user-qw7ef8fl2q]

这些文化恰巧是在共产党的保护下得以流传发扬的。另外，你们对大陆的妖魔化很严重，每次看到你们的这些发言都幼稚的想笑

[@gggg-ji4wg]

55:30 - 56:30 This is definitely my favorite part.

[@namkaengpancharat9031]

❤️❤️❤️

[@pperifwrnhs]

Is there any website where i can watch the same play with subtitles but with better quality? Still great tho and i appreciate the effort 😁🙌

[@kathushiro]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@user-yt4vp9yg5t]

thank you for your sincere subtitles! there voices are so tender and ethereal...but is this a Kunqu peking opera or just beijing opera?

[@teokueiyang9454]

This is not Kunqu. Peking Opera.

[@Eurusdump]

This is great

[@laurenliu4532]

Great translation. Want to see the translator!!!

[@Taikai5284]

👍👍👍 🌹

[@wordscapes5690]

1:35:51. Amazing!

[@unamusedmule]

16:00 this is actually omega wholesome

[@Detroittruckdoctor55]

Peking opera is the only opera i enjoy. A comment from un cultured American

[@parkour_cirque]

Someone know if i can find the instagram of yang yang? And yes like the rest of the world for the last mouth, im here because yun jin.

[@jinzhongwang2158]

Yang Yang is from Shanghai Peking Opera House, you can find her performance in KZbin.

[@derexmarclinus2501]

hello there.. can i ask where this thearter takes place?

[@stlouisix3]

🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😅

[@gggg-ji4wg]

55:30

[@w.ignaciorios9476]

53:41 guaputa guaputa guaputa

[@karingagiano7275]

Mountain climbing on

[@karingagiano7275]

Preschool

[@hdjdjfjfjfj7233]

نة

[@karingagiano7275]

🧗‍♀️🧗‍♂️🧗 1:58:19

[@karingagiano7275]

Hello

[@mikeg2924]

You do know this is audio and video track are separate.

[@karingagiano7275]

Moutuan

[@mustafaesrefli9304]

1:20:00 daki gülmeler çok güzel