Spring Festival Gala 2019: Chinese traditional operas

Traditional operas, such as the Peking Opera, Huangmei Opera and Shaoxing Opera, are always indispensable part of the Spring Festival Gala. This year’s Spring Festival Gala began broadcasting live at 8:00 p.m. from China Media Group’s headquarters in Beijing.
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[@user-ew3fk7wj8z]

I'm here because Yun Jin hooked me with this wonderful art .

[@R4TT33TH]

MOST PEOPLE ARE LOL

[@yannasaito]

@@R4TT33TH Blessed are we

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

LOL me too

[@estorygaming599]

Lol,, me too

[@godlydoo]

same LOL

[@dalcopchick6705]

The little kids are so cute oml 😭😭

[@shmarkpark5268]

I was wondering why no one was talking about it, I almost died from the cuteness

[@MythicsV]

They're grown aduoh nevermind i see the part you talked about. Sorry

[@doubao0077]

0:07 beijing opera (beijing) 0:26 beijing opera (beijing) 1:28 yu opera (henan) 2:29 huangmei opera (anhui) 3:07 yue opera (shanghai) 3:58 yue opera cantonese (guangdong) 5:09 beijing opera (beijing) 6:20 beijing opera (beijing)

[@Dtzeo503]

Thank you

[@IronKurone]

Thanks you sir

[@bondivik]

Thank you

[@luoluo3814]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXS0cmygpseInq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJKYhXiaYsyUn6c 💪💪💪

[@jkking3213]

多謝🙏

[@Spikastru]

Now that Genshin impact opened a door, we need to learn about this art, like the meaning of the lyrics, the visual elements, the characters and their meaning behind their colors and gestures. Or what genres or sub genres there are in this wonderful type of performance.

[@zeiitgeist]

There are loads of English medium online and even on youtube, dramas if you are serious

[@luoluo3814]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXS0cmygpseInq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJKYhXiaYsyUn6c

[@168bagua]

this channel has full length classing beijing operas in English subtitles with youtube comments on meaning behind phrases/local sayings kzbin.info/door/1Y55WqXd-IqV0KMzdJRUyA

[@mokbowen37]

@@168bagua sadly he stopped posting 7 years ago

[@kaexti]

the woman at 4:00 is gorgeous and so talented wow (thank you genshin for bringing me here! i had never heard chinese opera before yun jin but it’s really awesome to be inspired to look into other cultures like this!)

[@xaviera9799]

Me too! im watching this opera because of genshin. I really love Yunjin and the opera :D

[@bops3092]

Funny how genshin just got people looking for this didnt think i would find any other people that came from genshin in the comments. Rad

[@Idk-eu1yi]

I didn't like Yunjins opera cuz it sounded like something was missing and I looked up more traditional chinese peking operas and it seems like background music was the one missing in yunjins entrance.

[@mangosday]

@@Idk-eu1yi The instruments really add a lot to the experience huh

[@wavvyle3581]

the particular one you’re talking about is actually in cantonese while yun jin sings in mandarin but they’re equally as great

[@faithdy35]

I came here because of yun jin but damn this is so fun?? Makes me want to watch it in person

[@mushroommagic1697]

This is an art of it's own. It is a perfect combination between dace, singing, music, storytelling, acting, and maybe poetry (I suppose it has poetry.)

[@harikuang]

Yes. It uses poetic language. As a Cantonese myself, I often cannot fully understand the dialogue in Cantonese Opera because the pronunciation is often different from our daily ones. 🤣 Also, you will find classic terms rarely used in modern times. For example, Frozen Wheel (冰轮) actually means the Moon.

[@iloveyourcat.it.is.minenow]

​@harikuang this is such an interesting way of calling the moon! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@ayna_unihog1354]

I'm also here because of Yun Jin, but I don't regret it. I was never a fan of opera in general, but wow, Chinese opera is really beautiful and their voices are stunning! I'm so thankful for mhy to have added Yun Jin's singing, otherwise I couldn't enjoy these masterpieces now

[@luoluo3814]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXS0cmygpseInq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJKYhXiaYsyUn6c 💪💪💪挺好👍👍👍

[@valentinauwu717]

As pure Chinese , I'm so glad that genshin impact adds about Chinese opera and seeing people come to learn about Chinese Culture and art really make me happy . If my grandparents and mom are still alive , they will be so proud that people start to take interest on Opera😭💕💖✨

[@2amantha]

At first when i heard yun jins opera, i though it sounds weird, because it wasn't the singing I would hear every day, but When I started listening to the Chinese opera, I love it! Chinese opera is simply something different for my ear, for a month now the Chinese opera has put me to sleep, I turn it on and calmly fall asleep. That singing that's in the Chinese opera, makeup and all those dances! Wow, when I heard a Chinese opere for the first time I was in a positive shock, but when I saw makeup and dancing I just started admire it🥰🥰💓💗💖

[@A_nobody001]

I let my grandma watch [the divine damsel of devastation]and he said its cute lol

[@user-dh1sx1tv8h]

their voices at 4:00 are just absolutely amazing, oh my

[@luoluo3814]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXS0cmygpseInq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJKYhXiaYsyUn6c 💪💪💪挺好👍

[@peichen2178]

Are you from Genshin impact Yunjin opera? Check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWPWoJuifdhqr7c The performer at 4:00 coincidentally got aware of Yunjin opera and provide her cover of Yunjin's opera. The adaptation video gets viral in Chinese Internet now.

[@LunitaSky]

I’m Mexican and just found out about this, looks amazing, simple art and amazing singing, can’t imagine how hard it is to be a Chinese opera singer, I’m glad to be able to know about other cultures. ^^

[@luoluo3814]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXS0cmygpseInq8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJKYhXiaYsyUn6c 💪💪💪挺好👍👍👍

[@xggong8261]

Just think it's beautiful, it's great art, but I can't understand what's being said, even though I'm Chinese

[@lunarebony6122]

​@@xggong8261 lmao i dont think most people generally do

[@joanchiro]

Jejejeje, también soy mexicano y me gusta la opera china

[@Samantha_32]

China has a rich culture, I admire it. Greetings from Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬

[@lansedoes4738]

So happy a lot of comments like the Modern Cantonese Opera segment performed by my favorite Cantonese Opera performers! 广东粤剧 Forever ✊

[@javihill]

3:59 to 5:09 was absolutely my favorite part, so beautiful, and the way the three singers complemented each other is amazing

[@MrMarcmaster]

Thou i understand nothing, it moved me so much i had to shed a tear. Oh gods, i love this culture.

[@NaughtyPanda888]

作為一個中國人的我！也聽不懂(=_=)

[@MrMarcmaster]

@@NaughtyPanda888 , as i Saïd, i don't understand😅

[@leonche64]

@@MrMarcmaster Even native speakers don't understand most of it.

[@kentconing4660]

Me too

[@huboran]

Maybe you are a Chinese last life, it just recalled something deep there😉

[@Animalsparadise692]

Chinese culture musics gives me goosebumps. Love from INDIA 🇮🇳

[@user-hr4xs3sl5j]

The transition from yue opera to beijing opera was so satisfying

[@yannasaito]

Holy shit the music from 4:00 onwards is making me feel a way I've never had before

[@oneunreadmessage.]

Yun Jin brought me here

[@andeswhite2978]

When I watch this magnificent Opera, I feels like I just mastering Both mandarin and Cantonese language..🥰

[@voqsonofnone789]

In fact there're several languages: Beijing Mandarin, Henanese Mandarin (Henan dialect) , "Opera Mandarin" (a language only for operas, similar to mandarin), cantonese and suzhounese (similar to Shanghainese)

[@abcdrussell1245]

Cantonese is so unpleasant to the ears.

[@LOVE-ny4pj]

@@abcdrussell1245 😡

[@lithbcyes4201]

@@abcdrussell1245 please say your opinion in a more respectful manner, many people out there speak cantonese and you may have hurted their feelings :)

[@semheubach5311]

@@abcdrussell1245 I disagree. In singing, I think Cantonese sounds less harsh than Mandarin. I don’t really know how to explain it, but I think Mandarin tends to sound a bit more squeaky if that makes sense. To take a non operatic example, in Mulan’s Reflection the Cantonese lyrics are “Seoi zung neoi zi gan ngo, min deoi min, ngo fei ngo” which would translate to “Shui zhong nvzi kan wo, mian dui mian, wo fei wo”. I feel the Cantonese version sounds more pleasant and less harsh, but that’s just my opinion.

[@pegasusu1094]

After getting hooked from YUNJIN from Genshin Impact, I can't wait for the Performance for this upcoming Chinese New Year Spring Gala!! Also Happy Year of the Tiger to all who celebrate Chinese New Year!!

[@peachesbunny]

As a Chinese, I'm grateful at how much of an impact Genshin has made for exposing more of Chinese culture! I remembered Chinese operas used to be something that people made fun of but I'm glad people now see and enjoy the beauty of it!

[@shoesmercant]

Chinese civilization is unique and so remarkable. I Love China.

[@CaitlinKoi]

4:06 SO BEAUTIFUL

[@TheMinionVoice]

oh hey I literally dont who you are lmao

[@JoanFaisal]

It touched me, really a masterpiece

[@gimbo4025]

the woman in the white and red dress at about 4:00 is gorgeous, and her voice is stunning. ive never seen anything like this, but i like it

[@hybridized-skycotl1672]

The amount of control these singers have is amazing, it takes quite alot to move notes at high speeds, and dancing at the same time, pure talent and control

[@thinkabout288]

CHINA thank you ☮

[@carolw8194]

here because of yunjin

[@iloomie]

My favorite is 4:00, the outfits are spectacular and the singing is clear and amazing! I love every thing else too, the singing really impressed me

[@Dtzeo503]

4:00 was my favorite part. I always replay it. I liked how they sounded it was like traditional and modern at the same time. And that lady's outfit is so beautiful.

[@jbsarmiento9703]

Huangmei (Anhui) Yue (Shanghai) Yue Cantonese (Guangdong) These three above mentioned opera styles are more contemporary sounding and more appealing to younger audiences. Very refreshing to watch.

[@rencechannel2240]

How did you know that?

[@LotusFlower-Bear]

@@rencechannel2240 look those opera style up in Chinese characters for example: 粵劇, can find out where they originated from

[@sapphire2640]

I watch spring festival gala every single year for lunar new year because its a chinese 'tradition' yetn i always ALWAYS skip the opera part but this year will be different

[@klbzplb]

Thank you genshin for showing me how amazing chinese opera can be

[@luckybug479]

The little kids at 1:37 are so so cute oh my gosh

[@jangbyeon8807]

Genshin Impact sharing the culture is something we needed to acknowledge

[@vitadude5004]

Please watch farewell my concubine it's a movie based Chinese opera. Sure it will make I cry..

[@blueberrymuffin4164]

Yunjin brought me here

[@prizmarvalschi1319]

Those kids were adorable in those red costumes That whole segment was so cute

[@user-hy4ih8hk4f]

4:00 as a Chinese, I could only guess this is Cantonese (a Chinese dialect commonly used in Guangdong province and HK) so it is probably 粤剧？This is a mix of many different Chinese opera

[@hinwert12345]

Yun Jin incoming~

[@vilsimo]

Who is the woman that begin to sing at 4.00 minutes! What a voice!

[@nicolassakorzy7216]

That lady sing in Cantonese

[@historymappingnotme8267]

@@nicolassakorzy7216 wait so there is both cantonese & mandarin in this video!?

[@nicolassakorzy7216]

@@historymappingnotme8267 Yes

[@CommanderBR]

@@nicolassakorzy7216 by any chance, do you know her name? wanted to find more of her work and singing. The trio is marvelous, but her voice is mesmerizing. Xie xie

[@cwjalexx]

one of the first times hearing chinese opera and i'm trying to understand it. my ear is definitely not used to it but i've listened to 4:00-5:00 like 35 times trying to hear what people like about it. at first i wasn't a big fan of the timbre but maybe i'm getting used to it. i found that section interesting at least.

[@huoguo382]

In this video, it was including many dialect operas of China. Not only Peking.

[@Sonsbitchesall]

My goodness how I wish this video had subtitles. This is simply breathtaking, and the culture is so palpable! I truly am in love with how rich and brilliant this culture is. I feel very lucky to be able to watch this. I just wish I could understand every word they were saying, :-)

[@NaughtyPanda888]

没关系，中国人也没几个人知道他们唱的什么？

[@Daisy-lb1ge]

I really like the look of the painted faces opera at 5:23 looks so epic.

[@namviettv7327]

Bao thanh thiên .

[@donutdonut4058]

Face paint black and white means the person with the black and white face is selfish cruel rude and not a kind person

[@ironblooded3474]

@@donutdonut4058 ...No. He's Bao Zheng (包拯), possibly the most famous judge in ancient China for being completely unselfish, fearless, fair and just. In ancient history, he had a quite dark skin complexion, so the opera chose to do dark skin make up for Bao Zheng actors...

[@kentconing4660]

@donut donut he was black when he was alive dude

[@c-donghua4878]

@@kentconing4660 1. The skin color of Bao Zheng in history is the same as that of other people. The dark skin is just the deification of later generations. 2.Bao Zheng's makeup represents his resolute, fearless and fair personality

[@furryboar29]

米哈游一己之力带火了京剧视频播放量，好家伙。

[@risestar6291]

Love how genshin has brought everyone together more! It’s kinda cute haha though obviously some people are rude about somethings but still the good side is so beautiful haha I love it so so much!

[@pessim5355]

I like genshin players are gathered here to watch such a cool show, thanks to Yun Jin.

[@iloomie]

hard to admit, but I never heard of Chinese opera until I saw yunjin in Genshin impact. I’ve never actually looked into this culture, and I think it’s super cool! I always watch this stuff now

[@geishagameplays739]

one thing makes me happy: LOTS of people here cuz of Yun Jin (i myself am here because of her loll) and also THIS IS AMAZING OMG- i think mhy made me love chinese culture

[@lanieagotado2902]

This was so fascinating it gave me chills🤩

[@klbzplb]

Oh my god how is 4:00 so beautiful

[@ohnicio]

these always bring me to tears because they're so beautiful its so amazing to see other cultures

[@eaj._ex1262]

Any yunjin here? She's kawaii

[@bryanmarcumacob9309]

POV: You're here because you want to deepen your knowledge on yunjin

[@TN2022]

Because of actor Zheng Yecheng, I started to watch Beijing opera and found it amazing!

[@Seraxs]

even tho im Baltic Chinese culture has a really special place in my heart its so beautiful

[@anesidora3084]

After Yun Jin im happy to see chinese opera videos in my feed. And then all the comments. Seems like Mihoyo did good job.

[@seanchancellor6861]

The three clowns and the children were so fun lol I loved that bit

[@thndrngest]

a splendid culmination of authentic performance !

[@christiannugraha1011]

Now this looks like a party. Sensory overload, in a good way.

[@DREAM3.0-]

The best opera I have ever seen!

[@mry1222]

When you already loved Chinese opera but you start getting recommendations cause everybody's curious not thanks to yunjin. Love my Genshin peeps😄

[@Dtzeo503]

Right lmao

[@yannasaito]

Beautiful, thank you MHY and talented performers ♡

[@Kitty294_]

🤯 The talent everyone has is amazing 👏👏👏 They all did wonderful jobs

[@uchizokawasaki]

this is so beautiful 😭

[@hugoalejandrobandamartinez7957]

two thumps for up china....

[@nishansubramoniam8743]

Hugo Alejandro Banda Martinez now it’s four

[@gggg-ji4wg]

4:00 She is the director of Guangdong Cantonese Opera Theater, named Zeng Xiaomin（曾小敏）.

[@loveforasia8672]

happy new year my friends love from india

[@wrathhhsth2522]

really old. but what a magnificent opera! It's almost Chinese new year! Happy Chinese new year! :D

[@owenlover8081]

0:28 uwaah this lady is so amazing, imagine the practice omg, for context, i watched a vid explaining chinese operas and he said that they need to start praticing as a kid bc the more you grow up the more ur voice become stiff

[@deliveryboy4521]

Yunjin yunjin 🥰🥰🥰

[@carlelishienarao-arao2640]

i love that voice

[@kerrywaller4044]

yeah I’m enjoying this

[@omittapir5986]

Its so graceful, beautiful and full of strong emotions! 👏👏👏👏

[@coisadeiro34]

Não faço ideia de como vim parar aqui, mas to tão surpreso quanto maravilhado, a Opera BR e super interessante e parece que a Chinesa também. Dessa vez o YT acertou na indicação

[@MikaLionheart]

could someone please post subtitles or the lyrics and translations to the songs? they're sooo beautiful T-T

[@deusmachina3121]

Such a very rich culture 🥰 I wish to see Peng Yuchang in person 😘

[@jowie9513]

Amazing! Amazing!

[@onebraincellarmy6972]

This is so gorgeous! I always tell myself that I’d learn a fourth language, and I’m once again reminded why. I wish I knew where to find translations of the lyrics.

[@elladuenas1848]

well, I am here to take a review about Peking Opera and then I suddenly just fell in love rn.

[@ivan_capitalista2086]

this art is surreal

[@vicampos701]

I hope one day I can watch a presentation like this, it's so amazing and colorful

[@rencechannel2240]

我爱京剧! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Gozeinescau665]

pretty!! it's so amazing to see, I felt the feelings that the opera wanted to convey.

[@saruchiegirl]

love this make more so pretty *crys*so pretty

[@Brudder420]

The Drunken Concubine sent me this road, pretty happy it did

[@shinkikomori7386]

damn this is gorgeous

[@namkaengpancharat9031]

Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@nishansubramoniam8743]

Although I do not understand I love it

[@chinpoon1377]

黄梅戏跟越剧真的好搭啊

[@Yukkiamano01]

I am Guatemalan, and I love this ❤️

[@lalahaha8407]

Genshin impact brought me here

[@tientlam1589]

😍👍🌹👏.. Stunning colorful costumes..

[@Crazmuss]

Well, that is much better than we hear from Yun Jin, singing is actually on tune so it is quite enjoyable! But I gotta say, male vocal is much better here.

[@nicolee2582]

Happy Chinese New year

[@oceanicpears]

So uhh… is it possible for a 23 year old who doesn’t know any of the language to study and work hard enough to make it into one of these shows? Cuz like wow it would feel like such a hole in my heart if I never got to trying. This is PURE ART. No other way to describe it

[@user-vt3ih1ff8c]

There are actually a few programs specifically for foreigners who want to learn the art of Chinese opera!! I cant quite remember if they teach you Chinese, but im sure they teach the basics/tones.

[@Zieft2011]

Its sometimes hard to understand even for native chinese tbh.

[@2amantha]

Wow, I'd really like to see this live! Admire it all with your own eyes without a phone ..

[@jameseddy3392]

Thank you for your sharing

[@frostypop2235]

Awww the kidsss

[@Gryfder]

新年快乐，我们的同胞💓 来自新加坡的第三代华侨 ^^

[@G1Geoff]

What?