"Dingjun Mountain", also known as "Successful Battle", is a traditional Peking Opera play. It tells the story: During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei and Shu were at war. Cao Cao sent General Zhang_ to attack Jiameng Pass, but was defeated by the veteran Shu Han general Huang Zhong. , Yan Yan was defeated. Zhang _ fled to Dingjun Mountain and defected to Xia Houyuan, preparing to join forces to fight against the Shu army.
In order to increase Huang Zhong's confidence in winning, Zhuge Liang pretended that Huang Zhong was too old and could not defeat Xia Houyuan, so he prepared to replace him in the battle. Huang Zhong was very angry after hearing this. He said that although he was older, his strength was still the same. He issued a military order and vowed to capture Dingjun Mountain within ten days.
Seeing that Zhuge Liang's method of provoking the generals was successful, he readily agreed to Huang Zhong's participation in the battle. During the battle between the two armies, Xiahou Yuan captured Huang Zhong's general Chen Shi, and Huang Zhong also captured Xiahou Yuan's nephew Xiahou Shang alive. Huang Zhong used the dragging knife strategy again, killed Xia Houyuan, and captured Dingjun Mountain.
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Peking Opera has a standardized form of artistic expression in various aspects such as literature, performance, music, and stage art. The singing style of Peking Opera is a variation of the Ban style, with Erhuang and Xipi as the main voices. The accompaniment of Peking Opera is divided into two categories: the literary stage and the martial arts stage. The huqin is the main instrument in the literary stage, and the drum board is the main instrument in the martial arts stage.
The roles in Peking Opera are divided into roles such as Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou, Za, Wu, and Liu. The latter three roles are no longer exclusive. Each profession has its own set of performance routines, and each has its own unique skills in singing, chanting, and beating. Peking Opera takes historical stories as its main performance content. There are about 1,300 traditional repertoires, and more than 300 to 400 are frequently performed.
Peking Opera is popular all over the country and has a wide influence, and is known as "National Opera". The Peking Opera performance system named after Mei Lanfang is regarded as a representative of the Eastern drama performance system and one of the three major performance systems in the world. Peking Opera is an important expression of traditional Chinese culture, and many of its artistic elements are used as symbols of traditional Chinese culture.