What is the role of Dan Dan in Beijing Opera?

To be exact, Shoujiao, one of the Beijing Opera businesses, has two meanings: First, as far as the actors themselves are concerned, any actor who should play the female role in the play, such as the "four famous actresses", is called Shoujiao in the Beijing Opera business; Secondly, judging from the gender classification of the characters in the play, whether young Mu or old She Taijun, as long as they are women, their primary identity is classified as "Dan Jiao".

Dan Jiao refers to the female images in China's traditional operas, which can be divided into Tsing Yi, Hua Dan, Beijing Opera Blues, wudan, Lao Dan, Flower Shirt and so on. Among them, the four major schools of Peking Opera are Mei School, Cheng School, Xun School and Shang School.

And:

Raw horn: The general term for male positive roles except the painted face and clown, which can be divided into the old man (an Gong duo zhuan, the old man who attaches importance to martial arts), the martial man (who relies on martial arts for a long time, plays martial arts for a short time, and acts as a monkey) and the young man (Fan, pheasant, pauper and martial man).

Clear corners: commonly known as painted faces, most of them play some male roles with special personality, quality or appearance. The makeup mask has a loud voice and a rough style. "Net" can be divided into face singing, face singing (duet, called copper hammer blackhead), shelf flower (heavy work), five or two flowers, beating flowers and oil flowers (called wool net).

Clown: Play a comedy role because you put a small piece of white powder on the bridge of your nose, commonly known as little face. It can be divided into Wen Chou (ugly square scarf, ugly robe, ugly old age, ugly clothes, and also as a colorful Dan and a woman) and Wu Chou (also known as jumping freely). Every profession has a performance program, and singing, reading and acting have their own characteristics.