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The audience can know what kind of character the role is from the colors and patterns. The function of Chou in a performance is to provide light relief and comedy.Įlaborate and gorgeous facial make-up and costumes are two distinguished characteristics of Beijing Opera. The hallmark of the Chou is that there is a white paint at the top of the actor’s nose. The Chou is easily understood from the role’s name as a clown with an ugly appearance. Usually, Jing would be roles for important officials in the show. Jing has two main types called Wenjing and Wujing, the Wenjing is someone who pays more attention to his singing skills while the Wujing is more good at martial performance.
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The role must have a strong voice and be able to exaggerate gestures, and the Jing’s face should be made up in strong colors such as red, white and black to express their characters. Hualian(the painted face), in Chinese called “Jing”, is a name for the male role that has some special characteristic or appearance. Dan can be divided into several types: Qingyi(also named Zhengdan, it’s a role for elegant young or middle-aged lady), Huadan(it’s a role for vivid young lady), Daomadan(a role refers to female heroines), Huashan( a role possess the characters of Qingyi and Zhengdan and Huadan) ect.
CHINESE OPERA PROFESSIONAL
Mei Lanfang, a well-known Chinese Beijing opera performer, is a famous for his professional and unique style for Dan role acting. The ban was rised up in 1912 therefore, male Dan continued to be popular after this period. The Qianlong Emperor gave an order to ban female performers in Beijing in 1772. Initially, Beijing opera was an exclusive pursuit only belongs to male, and all Dan roles were being played by men. The role can be performed by both genders now. The Dan refers to all the female roles in Peking Opera. It generally can be divided into three types: old man (Chinese pinyin: laosheng), young man(Chinese pinyin: xiaosheng) and martial man(Chinese pinyin: wusheng). All the male roles that do not belong to the Jing and the Chou can be called “Sheng”. The Sheng is the main male role in Beijing opera. With their elaborate and colorful costumes, performers are the only focal points on Beijing opera's characteristically sparse stage. Performing troupes often have several main actors for each type, as well as numerous secondary and tertiary performers. Furthermore, Beijing opera sing has influenced Chinese drama deeply.īeijing Opera features four main types of performers named Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. As time goes by, its popularity spread all over the country, becoming the most popular drama in China. The two types of singing blended on the same stage and gradually gave birth to a new genre that was known as Beijing Opera.īeijing Opera absorbed various elements of its forerunners, such as singing, dancing, mimicry and acrobatics, and adapted itself in language and style of singing to Beijing audiences. Later, some troupes from Hubei Province came to Beijing and often performed together with the Anhui troupes. Gradually it replaced Kunqu Opera which had been popular in the palace and among the upper ranks in Beijing. After the celebration, four famous troupes from Anhui Provinces were asked to stay, for audiences were particularly satisfied with their beautiful melodies, colorful costumes and interesting facial patterns. To celebrate his 80th birthday in 1790, he summoned opera troupes from different areas around China to perform for him in Beijing. Beijng opera is also regarded as the top fifth operas in china.īeijing opera has been declared World Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on May 18th, 2001 in Paris.Īs the story goes, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty fell interested in the local drama during his inspection of the Southern China in disguise. It developed from Kunqu opera, Anhui opera and Han opera. Beijing Opera or Peking Opera pinyin: Jīngjù is regarded as the national opera in China for it has a long history and a complete system of stage performance, and it also quintessence of Chinese culture in Chinese minds.