What are the roles in Peking Opera?

The Beijing Opera has the following lines: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou.

1. Sheng line

Sheng for short. Sheng line is divided into sheng (Lao Sheng), Hong Sheng, Xiao Sheng, Wu Sheng, doll Sheng and so on. One of the important lines in Beijing opera. Su Sheng (Lao Sheng): that is, more than middle-aged playwrights, mouth wearing a beard (beard), due to the character and identity of the different, can be divided into An Gong Lao Sheng or singing Lao Sheng (such as playing bureaucrats, literati, etc.).

2. Dan line

Short for "Dan". The roles of Qingyi, Hua Dan, Wu Dan, Lao Dan, Sticky Dan, and Boudan. The roles are all female. Qingyi: mainly singing, play the role of a virtuous wife and mother. Flower Dan: Most of the performers are women with lively character, and some of them are tragedies and antagonists. Flower Shirt: Between Qing Yi and Hua Dan, combing the ancient head (such as the ancient painting of the head of the ladies).

3. Pure line

Jing for short, also known as flower face. Jiejiao refers to the role of the flower face in the face painting colorful drawings, it does not seem to be clean, so the opposite of the meaning of the "net". Pure line is divided into the following types of roles: singing-based hammered flower face and black head flower face; work frame-based frame flower face, such as generals, monks, heroes and martial arts flower face and wrestling flower face.

4. Clown line

Short for "clown". In the play, the clown line hook face, and hook painting "three flower face", face and flower face is very different. The Chou line is divided into Wen Chou and Wu Chou. In Wen Chou, it is divided into Square Towel Chou (literati, Confucians); and Wu Chou, who specializes in martial arts roles such as falling, hitting, flipping, and pouncing. According to the animal phases, ugly cattle, cattle sex stupid, ugly as a synonym for stupid.