What traditional operas are there?

There are tens of thousands of characters on the stage of traditional Chinese opera and dance, with 360 lines. According to the gender, age, status and gender of different roles in traditional Chinese opera, traditional Chinese opera can be divided into four types: raw, Dan, clean and ugly. Actors specialize in one role, shaping it into four lines: life, beauty, purity and ugliness. Every corner and color line should have a strict and meticulous division of labor.

"Life" is a general term for male sexual behavior. Those who pretend to be middle-aged and elderly people are called old students, and because they have beards, they are also called beards and beards, such as Zhuge Liang in Empty City. Those who pretend to be young and beardless are called Xiao Sheng, such as Zhang Sheng in The West Chamber. According to the identity, personality and technical characteristics of the characters, they are divided into towel life, crown life, martial life and baby life.

"Dan" is a general term for female roles. Dan can be divided into Zheng Dan, Huadan, Tiedan, wudan, Lao Dan and Cai Dan. Zheng Dan (Qingyi) should play a strong role and raise young women in Duanzhuang, such as Qin Xianglian; Hua Dan plays a really lively or unrestrained young woman, Sun Yujiao in Picking up the Jade Bracelet; Iron egg refers to the second most important single angle in the same drama, most of which are elegant heads; Wu Dan plays a woman with strong martial arts, such as Mu Guiying; Lao Dan plays an old woman, such as She Taijun; Cai Dan played a role in The Nature of Women. The characters in the play are also called ugly Dan and ugly girls, such as the matchmaker in the play.

"Clean", commonly known as "painting face", is often passed off by male figures with special differences in performance, quality or appearance. Face makeup with facial makeup, sound and color are relatively bright and rough. According to the identity, personality and technical characteristics of the characters, they can be divided into big faces, such as Bao Zheng, who mainly sings; Two-faced, such as Cao Cao, who mainly does work. Erhualian can also be divided into martial arts, such as Yang, whose main task is martial arts.

"Ugliness", pretending to be a happy drama, lies in putting a small piece of white powder on the bridge of the nose, commonly known as Xiaohua face, also known as Sanhua face. In traditional dramas, clowns play many roles, including silent, slick and kind people; There are also treacherous, wicked and stingy people.