Chinese Traditional Culture Opera ShengDanJingDanZhouChou

Sheng Dan Jing Chou (生旦净丑) is a line in traditional Chinese opera used to distinguish characters. Peking Opera, for example, is divided into four major lines, the end, now categorized in the Sheng line. Roughly as follows:

Sheng, that is, male, the old man is more than middle-aged men, such as Zhu Geliang, Song Jiang; young male is young men, such as Zhou Yu, Zhang Sheng in the West Wing; Wusheng is a martial arts fighting, according to the costume points of Wusong called the short-playing Wusheng, Zhao Yun is called the long leaning Wusheng.

Dan, that is, female, She Taijun class old lady called old Dan, Qin Xianglian such female middle-aged called Qingyi, also known as Zhengdan, Sun Erniang called Wudan, Hongniang called flower Dan.

Jing, that is, flower face, a male with character, the kind of face painting on the face, Bao Gong, Cao Cao, Duo Er Dun, there are rack flower face, copper hammer flower face, two flower face.

Ugly, also known as three-flower face, face painting a white tofu block. For example, the martial arts clown Shi Qian, the literary clown Jiang Gan.

Can also be divided into more detailed, in view of the questioner's beginner, said too complex can not remember, or should be against the theater to see more clearly.