The National Essence: Jingju

The Manchu court and jingju—jingju spreading to the urban centresCentre—star cultStarsstar cult—New Culture Movement and theatre—“national essence”—the demandTheatrenational theatre for national theatreNationnational theatre—Mei LanfangLanfang, Mei—Taiwan and jingju—the central spread of jingju nationwide—case studies: jingju in XinjiangXinjiang and TibetTibet—the “golden agegolden age of ” of jingju: a debate—the model works of the Cultural RevolutionCultural Revolution—jingju in the schoolSchool curriculumCurriculum