Where did Peking Opera come from?

Since the 55th year of Qianlong's reign, the four major Anhui troupes of Sanqing, Sixi, Chuntai and Hechun have come to Beijing to perform in succession, absorbing the repertoire and tunes of Qin Opera and Kun Opera, and dominating the Beijing theater scene.

During the Jiaqing and Daoguang years, Han opera artists came to Beijing and joined the Hui troupes, which promoted the merger of Hui and Han operas and evolved into early Peking Opera, which was called "Pihuang Opera" at that time.

Peking Opera pays equal attention to singing, chanting, acting and playing in performance. The singing tunes are mainly Xipi and Erhuang.

Extended information: The roles of Peking Opera are divided into four categories: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou.

These four categories are divided into several subcategories according to the age, personality, and status of the characters. For example, the profession of students is further divided into Laosheng, Xiaosheng, Wusheng, Hongsheng, etc., and the profession of Dan is further divided into Qingyi, Huadan,

Daoma Dan, Guimen Dan, Tie Dan, Lao Dan, Po La Dan, etc.

Various characters have different appearances, facial makeup and costumes according to the identity, temperament and personality of the characters in the play.

The costumes of characters are not strictly divided into dynasties, but are based on the costumes of the Ming Dynasty, and are subject to the principles of good performance and beautiful colors; there are strict regulations on the style, color and pattern of the character's identity, position and age.

The facial makeup is colorful, with sharp color contrasts and regular patterns, showing the character, quality and facial features of the characters, allowing people to distinguish between good and evil at a glance.