What props are there in Beijing Opera?

The road of Peking Opera includes banban, gong, cymbal, Jinghu, Beijing erhu, yueqin and Sanxian.

The daily necessities in Beijing Opera include tea sets, wine sets, Four Treasures of the Study, fans, candlesticks and lanterns. These props are very common in life, which can set off life scenes and have a more realistic feeling, and they can also alleviate the embarrassing scenes in the performance to some extent.

Weapons include knives, swords, axes, sticks, clubs, hammers, halberds, etc. Most of them are served by military commanders and often appear in some war scenes, which can make the audience understand the identity of the characters instantly. Some famous figures in history will also have corresponding weapons, such as Guan Yunchang's Qinglong crescent moon blade.

In addition, objects used to express the environment include door flags, wind flags, fire flags and flying tiger flags. And the means of transportation are whip, sedan chair, car flag, etc. In Beijing Opera, vehicles or the environment cannot be completely restored, so it is more artistic to use this method instead.

Business classification:

The classification of Peking Opera is mainly based on the characters' personality characteristics besides their natural attributes (gender, age) and social attributes (identity, occupation).

The old saying of "Seven Lines and Seven Subjects" in Beijing Opera Club: Seven lines are healthy line, Dan line (also known as professional line), clean line, ugly line, miscellaneous line, martial line and popular.