Has Anyone Read Any Short Stories About Traditional Opera? 大家有没有看过关于戏曲的短篇故事？
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Showbiz: My Opera Heritage Is Exposed on a Beloved Reality Show 娱乐：我戏曲传人，被向往曝光了
Mu Fengqing transmigrated to a parallel world and became an inheritor of traditional opera. It was an ordinary morning of training, and Mu Fengqing sang for the first time. Just then, Zhao Xiaodao, a newly added regular guest on the entertainment show, arrived at the village opera stage to livestream. No one could have imagined that countless viewers would witness the scene. Mu Fengqing’s performance of “Red Cliff” stunned a million viewers and made everyone appreciate the charm of China’s cultu
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The Opera Goddess 戏曲女神
Ye Fei's first half of life was like a Mary Sue drama. Just as everyone thought she would meet her dream man and marry into a wealthy family like every Mary Sue heroine before her, she came to her senses earlier than anyone else. She turned down the dream man's invitation and gave up her ticket into a rich family. She is an ambitious woman, and her ambition is to see all the world's splendor and experience life's ups and downs before she grows old. She will define for herself whether her life is
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The Story of Peking Opera 京剧的故事
Peking opera has speech, song, and stories. What makes its martial arts performances so extraordinary? Is its rhythmic recitation the same as standard Mandarin? Why does every character have a different painted face? What purpose do the distinct roles of sheng, dan, jing, and chou serve? And what do the crisp beats of the gongs and drums signify? On a small stage, countless transformations can unfold. What makes this unique theatrical art so captivating? Peking opera culture holds within it the
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Did She Just Call Me Her Husband? 她叫我老公？
Peking opera lead actress vs. aloof lawyer A leading lady of the Mei School, he was respectfully addressed by everyone as Mr. Zhang. An aloof lawyer, she was respectfully nicknamed Judge Cheng by everyone. She was his high school class monitor, beautiful but aloof and serious. Students of every gender had crushes on her, but none dared confess. He, too, could only keep his feelings for her hidden in his heart. They met again on an elevated highway. There had been a chaotic car accident. She app
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The Haunted House 诡舍
[Infinite-flow + Mild Horror + Survival + One Female Lead] A driverless bus carried a group of cursed people to a strange black lodge… Inside the lodge stood a door stained red with blood. At regular intervals, the cursed were forcibly dragged through the blood-red door and into terrifying worlds, where they had to complete horrifying events… After Ning Qiushui survived one bizarre and terrifying story after another inside the lodge, narrowly escaping death each time, he discovered that none of
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Drowning in the Spring Light 沉入春光
The beautiful prodigy Jiang Yi skipped grades at school. She had just celebrated her eighteenth birthday, and, barring any surprises, she would soon be guaranteed a recommendation for graduate school. Z University’s School of Physics was known as the “madhouse” of academia, packed with top-tier geniuses, which showed just how brilliant the young woman was. That same year, Jiang Yi stumbled upon a breathtaking sight: Sheng Yanzhen, a Kunqu opera master. She was being harassed by a good-for-nothin
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I Am Not the God of Drama 我不是戏神
The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa
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One Song of Red Beauty Brings Opera Legends to Tears! 一首赤伶，让戏曲大佬红了眼眶！
[Showbiz + Entertainment Industry + Singing] Chen An should have become an overnight sensation with one song. But when he wakes up one morning, he discovers that his girlfriend has stolen it. Worse, she sets a huge fire, hoping to leave him trapped inside. She never expects him to be reborn from the flames and awaken the Blue Star Entertainment System. “You’ll pay back everything you owe me, every last bit!” At the auditions, his performance of “Mohe Dance Hall” wows the entire internet and e
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I'm a Fortune-Teller (The Original Novel of I'm No Master, Starring Li Xian and Li Yitong) 我是个算命先生（李现、李一桐主演《我不是大师》原著）
The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Li Xian and Li Yitong, I'm No Master The highest level of fortune-telling isn't predicting the heavens. It's reading people. During the Republican era, a secretive group called the Jiangxiang Sect operated in the underworld. They called themselves fortune-tellers, but made their living through fraud. From secret agents of the Military Statistics Bureau and bandit chiefs to scholarly households, sheltered women, and children, no one could escap
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Three Talks on the Art of Chinese Opera 戏曲表演知识三讲
This book presents three lectures on the fundamentals of traditional Chinese opera performance, compiled by Zhang Hui.
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Blazing Wild Tenderness 炽野温柔
[The print edition under the same title is now available on major platforms / The short drama under the same title is now streaming] [Gentle, resilient geology grad student x roguishly handsome tattoo artist / Age gap / Reunion after years apart / Saving each other] At a gathering, someone asked Xu Xing what she regretted most in her life. After thinking for a moment, she replied, “That I never got to let him hear my voice, never got to tell him I liked him, and never… found him.” - Four years a
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A Dream Among the Pear Blossoms: The Phoenix Rises 梨园惊梦之凰起
“Opera is my life!” Defying her parents, Liu Yi joins the Hongfu Opera Troupe to learn the art. But she becomes the target of jealousy and malicious schemes, and a wealthy merchant threatens her. When the nation is in danger, Liu Yi steps forward to give charity performances and raise funds. How will she turn the situation around?
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One Song of Dragon Scales Shocks the National Museum 一首天地龙鳞，唱懵国家博物馆
[Entertainment / singers / songs from a parallel world / no toxic content / perfect for listening to music and reading / patriotism] Down-and-out actor Wang Yueheng unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a street singer competing on a show. Facing elimination, he takes the internet by storm with “Lone Warrior”! With an overseas short-video app facing a ban, countless foreign netizens calling themselves TT refugees flood onto Huaxia social media. One song, “Dangerous,” awakens the spirit of
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I Sang “Chi Ling” from the Start and Shocked the Authorities 开局献唱赤伶，我惊动了官方
[Entertainment + Songwriting + Campus Belle + System + One Heroine + Everyday Life] In his previous life, Lin Yi stood at the pinnacle of the entertainment industry, only to be framed and accused of visiting a hotel with a female star. From then on, his life hit rock bottom. He was eventually framed in a car accident and killed. But when he opened his eyes again, everything before him felt so real. Lin Yi realized that he had transmigrated! On the day he transmigrated, Lin Yi immediately bo
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No Opera Singing in the Music World? One Song Leaves the Crowd Speechless 音乐世界没戏腔？一曲台下谁能当
This is a world where everyone has to rely on music to survive and make a living. Rock, romantic songs, a cappella, love songs... Everyone has their own style, and each is a qualified music lawyer. During the college entrance exams, everyone can use livestreaming to carve out a place for themselves in their own world. Some geniuses can even establish their own career direction and create new songs! Huang Wanyan has loved traditional opera since childhood and performed it for years. She accidenta
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From Obscurity to Stardom: A Peking Opera Beauty Takes on International Talent Shows 逆袭封神，京剧美人玩转国际选秀
Pei Qinyin was once a celebrated opera star renowned throughout the capital, but she died on the battlefield at the age of twenty-five. After transmigrating, she finds herself an obscure trainee on the verge of elimination from an international talent competition. A contestant from Daguo claims calligraphy as her country's cultural heritage? Pei Qinyin will put that to the test on the spot. The media from Liguo refuses to acknowledge the war? Now that they're living in peacetime, she'll show the
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Shocking! A Peking Opera Beauty Becomes a Sensation in Showbiz 震惊！京剧美人爆红娱乐圈
[Ancient-to-Modern + Idol Survival Show + Devoted Romance + Two Top-Tier Stars + Peking Opera + No Real-Life Counterparts + Mutual First Love] Reborn in a new era, Yu Zhi, a Republican-era prodigy dan performer, transmigrates into the body of a girl who took her own life on a 21st-century idol survival show. They have girl-group choreography and rap. I have Peking opera and the sanxian. With her superb skills and breathtaking beauty, Yu Zhi wins countless fans and admirers. In the end, she makes
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Raking in Gold Every Day: My Snack Shop Connects to Another World 日进斗金，我的小吃店通异界
[Past and present connected · Getting rich · Food · Heartwarming · Shopkeeping] After graduating from college, Hua Juan inherits a mysterious snack shop that takes her to ancient times every night. Can’t cook? No problem, ready-made dishes to the rescue. Swiss rolls, oden, cheesecake, fish with pickled cabbage, you name it. In exchange, she gets copper coins, antique paintings... and makes a fortune!
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The Opera Spirit Comes for Your Life 戏魂索命
The Vengeful Spirit Claims Its Victims
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You Said This Was Parenting, So Why Did You Turn Your Parents into Eight-Year-Olds? 说好育儿，你八岁爆改父母
Su Yang transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy and, from the start, takes part in a family education variety show called Raising You Up. After awakening the “Emotion Value System,” Su Yang’s behavior starts getting seriously weird. “I got the highest score on my final exams, and my dad is an uneducated barbecue vendor. So in the first round of the show’s ratings, I got a 13, while my dad only got a 3? I got MVP, and my dad’s just a freeloader who won by doing nothing?” “Why do you
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Mad, All of You, Mad. Being a Little Mad Is Good! 癫，都癫，癫点好啊
[Super-Sweet 1v1]+ [Silly Humor and Memes]+ [Showbiz]+ [Dating Variety Show]+ [Face-Slapping] [Unhinged Actress vs. CEO with a Mind of His Own] Betrayed by her scumbag boyfriend, she transmigrated into a book and was immediately stabbed and sent to the hospital by an extremist shipper. Xie Mi went berserk on the spot, spouting wild claims in the livestream. “Come on! Stab me! All of you, stab me! I'll blow up the Earth!” A passerby who had wandered into the livestream nearly fainted. Okay, okay.
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Tycoon: Starting by Stealing Kills in Honor of Kings 神豪：从王者抢人头开始
Reporter: “Sir, if you had ten million, what would you most want to do?” Qin Feng opened Alipay, saw his balance, and patted his chest. “Phew, phew! The billion's still there! I almost thought I'd gone bankrupt!” You have to have dreams. What if a System shows up? At last, his perseverance paid off, and the Tycoon Game Experience System descended upon Qin Feng!
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Back to When My Parents Were Kids, I Just Want to Survive Until I’m Born 回到父母小时候，我只想苟到出生
If you went back to your parents’ childhood, what would you do? What would you plan to do? I was the one-in-a-million person who got that lucky break. Suddenly, I was back in my parents’ childhood... So, to improve my future standard of living, I packed my bags and went to the countryside to find them. But at the time, they were still just little kids. I... All right, I’ll try making sure they grow up to be somebody first. Be good and study hard, little one... Here, have some candy as a
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Reborn: Making Trouble in Elementary School 重生之我在小学搞事情
Reborn: Causing Trouble in Elementary School A corporate drone dies in bizarre circumstances and is reborn as a struggling third-grader. He thinks he is about to start life over amid endless schoolwork, but instead finds himself swept up in one absurd, hilarious adventure after another. After being struck by a grandfather clock in an antique clock shop, the protagonist wakes up caught in a strange time loop: reborn, back in the old days, and living a new life. Whenever the clock strikes midnig
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Did I Really Get Reborn? 我竟然重生了？
Li Yang, worth tens of millions, was reborn and opened his eyes in 2006! Standing at a crossroads in life, Li Yang couldn't decide. One option was the girl he'd loved in his previous life; the other was the campus beauty who had become entangled with him after he was reborn. “Who should I choose...?”
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There's a Bit of a Mess at Mahiro's House 真寻家里有点乱
(Any similarities are purely coincidental!) (This story starts in childhood rather than jumping straight into the main plot. If you want to start with the main story, skip directly to Chapter 11.) [No System!!!] [Gender-swap] [Onimai] [Pink hair] [Cute] [Everyday life] [Mahiro] [Monogamy] [CP: Elena] [CP: Asahi] [Catgirl] [Loli] An ordinary person who had watched Onimai hundreds of times accidentally transmigrates into Mahiro’s younger brother! He’s a full four years younger than Minari! And so,
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Reborn as the Kindergarten Boss 重生之幼儿园扛把子
Lin Fei was an unremarkable manager in his previous life. One day, he woke up and discovered he had been reborn in a kindergarten in 1992. Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings he barely remembered, Lin Fei was filled with ambition. Retail, distribution, manufacturing, research and development! Starting from nothing, this five-year-old kindergarten student would gradually rise to the top of the business world! Coming back to his senses and taking in everything around him, Lin Fei smiled. This t
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I’m a Max-Level Toddler with Top-Tier Math Talent from the Start 我，满级幼崽，开局顶级数学天赋
Du Zhe transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes a human toddler. After ten thousand hours of dedicated effort, he finally binds himself to a Max-Level Child-Raising System. His first major goal: win both a Nobel Prize and a Fields Medal! Du Zhe must keep completing the System's missions and earning rewards to achieve his goal! The System also demands that he develop in every way: morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and through labor! From the start, he shows the internet how
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After I Became Smaller, Life Seemed to Change 变小之后，生活似乎变得不一样了
[Adorable little boy + gentle older woman + entertainment industry big shot + eerie city + cuteness gets him through + severe depression + sweet campus romance] Su Yibai had become small... At twenty-one, Su Yibai went out drinking with his ex-girlfriend to celebrate their breakup. But when he woke up, he found himself transformed into a child of six or seven... How could a handsome young man like him have turned into a cute little boy? But when he saw the world through a child's eyes... a f
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I Woke Up as a White-Haired Catgirl! 一觉醒来，我竟成了白毛猫娘
The male lead, whose father gave him the name Xishi, accidentally turns into a catgirl while playing a game! Shi Yiguang: “What the heck is this adorable white-haired catgirl?!” Roommate: “Little Xishi, we’re all brothers here, right...?” Shi Nai’an (father): “Not bad, son. Dad really likes this look on you.” Jiang Xiaoxiao (mother): “That’s right, Mom likes it too.” Shi Yiguang: “(╯>д<)╯ I don’t like it!”
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I Must’ve Woken Up Too Fast: My Novel’s Characters Have Appeared in Reality 起猛了，我的小说人物来到了现实
Lin Nan tapped the final key at his computer in the early hours of the morning, then clicked Submit to End the Novel. After finishing, he stretched. “Ah, it’s finally over! I feel kind of empty.” Suddenly, the space above Lin Nan’s head rippled. “Ah!” Lin Nan frowned. “Did I just hear something?” “Thump!” A white figure fell from above the young man. “Huh? Why doesn’t it hurt?” Shi Yiguang asked in confusion, clenching and unclenching her fist. “Where is this?” Suddenly, a voice came from beneat
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Those Times I Turned into a Girl 关于我变成女孩子的那些事
#NotABoyLoveStoryOrGenderSwapMarriage Having a beautiful girl for a wife was Bai Yu’s dream. But he never wanted to turn into a girl himself! Then he ended up living in a girls’ dorm and got to know two older girls. But... why does she look at me so strangely? Note: They get together in Volume Two. I’m a new author, so please be patient with me! I’m not good at writing blurbs, so please check out the main story! Could you leave a five-star review? (*ෆ´ ˘ `ෆ*)♡ (P.S. This novel features lots of v
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Just Because I'm Pretty, I Have to Dress Like a Boy? No Way! 长得漂亮就要当男娘？我才不要呢
(Feminine boy + urban life + campus + romance) “But... Mommy, I just... don't want to grow my hair long, boohoo...” “Because... because the boys in my class all say I'm a girly boy! They won't play with me!” “I don't want to be a girly boy!” “Waaah...” Ten years later. “What? You say you like me?” “Come on, I'm a guy!”
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A Demon Kid and a Melting-Down High School Girl 恶魔正太与崩溃女高
[Demon with a surprising gap between appearance and personality] [Little boy and older sister] [Child] [Beloved by all] [Romance, family, and friendship] [Coming-of-age] [Mostly everyday life] [As little angst as possible] [Healing] [️Hidden plotline] [Saving each other] [Not-quite-siblings] (A clingy little boy with tons of inner thoughts) (Taking readers’ suggestions) (Perhaps it could also be called “The Demon I Summoned Might Be a Little Too Cute.”) After yet another weekly school test drove
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Kindergarten: Teacher, How Did My Zihan Get Reborn? 幼儿园：老师，我家子涵咋重生了
[All-Star Cast] + [Hilarious] + [Childhood Friends] + [Absurd] + [Heartwarming] In kindergarten, after recalling his memories from a past life, Li Zihan expected his life to go something like this: The Birth of a Child Prodigy The Downfall of a Child Prodigy A Child Prodigy Turns into a Loser The Woes of Zihan But after accidentally making every child in the kindergarten cry, he unexpectedly awakened a System that collects frustration points. The life awaiting Li Zihan was actually more like thi
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