The Wandering Dragon Toys with the Phoenix - Beijing Opera 京剧游龙戏凤

Beijing Opera: The Wandering Dragon Toys with the Phoenix
京剧游龙戏凤
Emperor Zhengde - Zhang Jianguo
正德皇帝 - 张建国
Li Fengjie - Luo Rongzheng
李凤姐 - 罗戎征
English subtitles by M. Croche
ninedragonspot.com
Thanks to FERN for the original video.

[@zzehyboy753]

The title was an early attempt at a sentence with every letter of the English alphabet. Once it was discovered to be missing several letters, it was thrown out in favour of "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog," and the wandering dragon, unable to find work, was forced to move to Beijing and become the title of an opera.

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

English subtitles! YAYYYYY!!!!!! Just wonderful. THANK YOU

[@rcferrer7994]

This is such a spectacular performance! Hope there are more Beijing opera with subtitles that I could watch.

[@Gikidari]

Holy shit this was amazing. I never realized how much more I like the Chinese Opera compared to European Opera!

[@zhangjiaming]

I'd say they are different arts. Ballet is great as well.

[@speakwithfacts6973]

This is indeed a classic show. As a Chinese I also recommend you (霸王别姬)Farewell to My Concubine, dingjun(定军山), Borrow the east wind(借东风), Mu Guiying breaks the Tianmen array（穆桂英大破天门阵）andThe imperial concubine was drunk（贵妃醉酒）.I'm glad you'll love Peking Opera, and if you're interested in the plot, characters, lines, or more, you can always ask me and I'll be happy to answer them.

[@user-iy1cp2vo4v]

@@speakwithfacts6973 i wish I can find the 'Mu Guiying breaks the Tianmen array' opera with english subtitle. all operas about Yang family is amazing!

[@mild_meme]

I ain't saying she's a golddigger...

[@SoulessGingerHipster]

This is beautiful! I just wish the English subtitles were yellow instead of white. The words blend into their robes sometimes and its hard to read. :(

[@enderged3695]

Now this is just racist. To not accept white subtitles on Beijing opera and to want them yellow instead.

[@eklipsegirl]

I feel that my european brain has just exploded after watching this O_O

[@inoayh]

and your european smile is pretty cute

[@whoopsala2589]

@@inoayh fuck off

[@andrear.5296]

Thank you for uploading, I really enjoyed it. And it was so funny! Miss Luo is a very beautiful and charming person.

[@srtejocote6131]

no se nada de chino pero que malditamente buena obra

This story would not have happened if the Wandering Dragin had a LN Bitcoin wallet and the Phoenix's inn accepted LN payments.

[@victorrobles179]

muy buena la opera teatral china felicitaciones desde chile

[@andreas_kyburz]

Thank you, thank you!

[@larslennertabelsen397]

I only see Spider-Man at the beginning (The hat)

[@Dennis-di4cx]

很過癮！謝謝！

[@surferdudette19]

I only know ONE Chinese opera vid with pinyin subtitles.. so alone in this indecipherable world lol

[@jhzh2312]

The best version. 张建国 has the most attractive vocal.

[@SeanNessman]

This is crazily insinuating. Ancient China is very crude sometimes.

[@Chi-xxxxxx]

I don’t like the English Title. I suggest : The Playboy Emperor Flirts With The Country Girl.

[@krokodiligrai]

Descriptive, but not terribly poetic.

[@kick-S-ssh]

krokodiligrai : Poetic? Does a title needs to be poetic?

[@krokodiligrai]

The Chinese original is mildly poetic. Why should an English translation be pedestrian and banal? But nobody is stopping you from making your own translation.

[@StopFear]

I grew up in western culture too, but I think I understand the quality behind this because I watched a lot of Benny Hill and a lot of circus clowns. I am not saying this as a joke like "haha look at these clowns" I mean it looks like Chinese opera is a kind of performance art similar to clowns and mimes of Europe.

[@muyeyang8418]

Actually Chinese Opera is not like clowns and mimes at all! Chinese Opera focus on telling the stories, containing political, love and history aspects.

[@jhzh2312]

Chinese Beijing Opera is more like poem, and it takes so long to regulate all actions on stage to the particular meanings. Rather say, there's no move and even eye rolling without mandatory.

[@jesusmarie5608]

excellent.....!

[@donquixote3662]

I am here to see the comment

[@Jeyricho]

Change the speed to 2x, and now you're listening to a goat sing beijing opera

[@california_gold]

Hahaha youre going to hell lol

[@AtarashiNOhi]

So was the Hong Kong musical "江山美人" (The Kingdom and the Beauty) from 1959 based off this play?

[@au9parsec]

Queen Alina.

[@GrabBagEntertainment]

Professor ben brought me here #introtomusic #pitt

[@tomaspilot8471]

well I feel like listening to Florance Foster Jenkins:)

[@Sebastian-xn5on]

Hao!

[@2rooms19]

hen hao!

[@sophiecollingwood499]

Can you tell me what year was this Opera performed please? As in the version in the video, not its original appearance in 1728. :D

[@zhangjiaming]

This version is in 2012.

[@au9parsec]

She she

[@himanshugupta612]

北京人很好

[@jamesbrock3859]

West Wing brought me here

[@kapwakid]

Does anyone know who wrote this play?? Or is the writer unknown due to how long ago this was written? I would like to know because I'm writing a research paper and it would be nice to know.

[@krokodiligrai]

I wrote a bit about the opera and its history here: ninedragonspot.com/2013/02/05/exit-the-dragon/

[@krokodiligrai]

I wrote a bit about the opera and its history here: ninedragonspot.com/2013/02/05/exit-the-dragon/

[@vanstockholm3712]

Pog

[@kimtrila8879]

京劇游龍戲鳳有㸃意見: 明朝正德皇帝微服戏鳳時才20歲，何來會有鬍孑長如闗公。編劇者儍到不懂得歴史(雖然戏是編劇者可以改編)，但不能太離譜，像改編正德皇手持着I phone 6，這様怎令觀衆產生共嗚 ?

[@zhangjiaming]

这个是由京剧角色决定的。正德在剧中是老生现象，所以戴髯口。不与年龄有关。

[@todj4476]

不懂就少说话，显摆你没文化？

[@jl-vk8kd]

以老生演绎正德是个好决定。显得他有经验，调戏李凤姐更有手段。京剧里小生的唱法不适合游龙戏凤的故事。老生是对的。

[@arthurbanksforbeijingopera3091]

这不是历史，这是戏剧，不能欣赏请走人。明朝皇帝的官话是南京味儿，你想听吗?

[@user-yv3tg6fr3v]

呵 咱不说京剧专业方面的事 你那意思20岁的人应该还没长胡子呗？

[@jeanc7921]

Is the female role played by a man or woman?

[@jhzh2312]

woman.

[@johanngsenger6779]

female roles are always perforned by men, women are not allowed in Chinese Opera

[@jhzh2312]

Old time, yes. No women allowed. But this is just years ago, things are totally different. Very few man playing woman character now.

[@bubbleffs]

Women have been allowed in chinese opera ever since some 1930s. Basically since fall of Qing, but it took time before theatres and schools managed to train the first generation of actresses. Mei Lanfang himself trained actresses, too.

[@jl-vk8kd]

@@johanngsenger6779 yes, but that only applies to ancient times.... Females are allowed to perform nowadays in modern society

[@sveinbjarturorjonsson9018]

Omg.. I am to white for that stuff.

[@fadedflage]

Its like sex and the city or seinfeld except entertaining

[@au9parsec]

Chinese Seinfeld.