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Peking opera

form of Chinese opera originating in Beijing during the Qing dynasty
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Peking opera

Summary

Peking opera is an opera genre[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of opera_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,611 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Peking opera's instance of is recorded as opera genre[3].
  • Peking opera is a type of Chinese opera[4].
  • Peking opera's Commons category is recorded as Peking Opera[5].
  • Peking opera's country of origin is recorded as People's Republic of China[6].
  • 1790 marks the founding of Peking opera[7].
  • Peking opera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Peking opera[8].
  • Peking opera's Commons gallery is recorded as 京剧[9].
  • Peking opera's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00418[10].
  • Peking opera's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00418[11].
  • Peking opera's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00418[12].
  • Peking opera's location of creation is recorded as Beijing[13].
  • Peking opera's different from is recorded as Opéra de Pékin[14].
  • Peking opera's practiced by is recorded as Peking opera actor[15].
  • Peking opera's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Beijing Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage[16].
  • Peking opera's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[17].
  • Peking opera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].
  • Peking opera's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[19].

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Definition and Type

Peking opera's instance of is recorded as opera genre[3]. It is a type of Chinese opera[4].

Origins

1790 marks the founding of Peking opera[7].

Why It Matters

Peking opera ranks in the top 1% of opera_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,611 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Beijing People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Opéra de Pékin
    Intangible cultural heritage status → Beijing Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
    Country of origin → People's Republic of China
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27739, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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