英文摘要
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Li Shi-Ji(李世濟) is the "Gan" daughter(乾女兒) of Cheng Yan-Qiu(程硯秋) , who is known as one of the greatest master of Peking Opera(京劇). As Master Cheng's Gan daughter, Cheng would see her as his own daughter. The "Gan" father guide Li to know the beauty of Peking Opera and Cheng Style(程派), but it totally out of Cheng's expectation that Li eventually chose to be a profession Peking Opera actor. Even though Master Cheng disagree with her choice due to some traditional thinking, Li devote her whole life to her Peking Opera business, especially on the promotion of Master Cheng's exclusive drama. In 1980s, with her husband's help, Lee started to adapt Master Cheng's exclusive opera to make it fit in with new taste of audience who just experienced "The Cultural Revolution"(文化大革命), the change including the adding of new song, new character and new plot. For better adapting, Li even invited some famous author to join the team. Li's hard working make her one of the most popular Peking Opera actor, but it seems not every audience agree with Li's new adaption. Among all the Li's new adaption, "Wen Ji Gui Han" (《文姬歸漢》)was very controversial because of the new ending, it's more politically correct but not confirm to the historic fact. Obviously, audience in 1980s has very different taste, for those people, Li's adaption offers better Aesthetic experience, it's even popular around young generations. Li's adaption is not only being popular around audience but having great influence on younger actors, their performance is not following the original version step by step, those younger actors refer Li's adoption, some of them even accept the blamed new ending Li Shi-Ji may not be the most classic Peking Opera actor of Cheng Style, but what she did in her life do help people to know Peking Opera better. Li's adaption attracted more and more people in 1980s enjoy their time with Cheng Style Opera. In this article, we take "Wen Ji Gui Han" as an example, focus on the comparation between master Cheng's version and Lee's adaption, try to point out how and what did Li and her team work for her Peking Opera business.
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