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What does Xiao Dan, a clown of Chinese Peking Opera, look like?

Lao Dan, she plays the role of an old woman, Xiao Dan refers to a young woman, the clown is a man with a painted face, and Xiao Sheng is a young man.

Words like "Old Man, Little Dan, Little Life, Clown, Old Dan" are the names of characters in China's traditional operas. China opera is a comprehensive stage art form with a long history, which is mainly composed of three different art forms: folk song and dance, rap and burlesque.

Traditional Chinese opera is one of the traditional cultural heritages in China. Now it is also evolving. Different roles are played by different characters, divided into: life, Dan, purity and ugliness, and further subdivided into old people, young people, Xiao Dan and Hua Dan. Different roles have different role-playing and represent different images.