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What do the words on the clothes of Beijing Opera actors mean?
Costume: It is the ancient name of China traditional opera costume, which is still in use today. This title has existed since the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. It can also be used as a general term for all traditional Chinese opera performance appliances. Li Dou's Record of Yangzhou Painting Boat in Qing Dynasty: "The name of the play is called costume." Trunk system: In the old opera clubs, all the things used for performances were put in special boxes, collectively called "drama boxes".

Theater boxes are divided into five categories: trunk, trunk, trunk, helmet trunk and handle trunk. There is also a "carding table" for placing cosmetics. Collectively referred to as "five boxes and one meter". Because there are four kinds of costume drama boxes, they are generally called "suitcases". Simply put, the suitcase contains all kinds of Peking Opera costumes, clothing accessories, shoes and boots. The helmet box contains all kinds of helmet heads, beards and wigs. Miscellaneous boxes refer to color boxes (used for male characters' facial makeup, painting, face hooking, makeup removal and face washing), water basins (used for boiling water in the old society, which was used by actors to drink water and wash their faces after boiling, but there was no running water in the background before, so it was necessary to make water scoops or buckets to store and carry water) and comb tables (designed for combing big heads, costume heads, painting and pasting). The box is the flag box, which contains all kinds of props on the stage.

The core of "suitcase system" is a set of fixed traditional opera special equipment and its application system, which serves all performances of classical plays with different themes. Shown in costumes, it is a complete set of costumes, helmets and shoes, which is suitable for the performance of all classical plays, has "universality", shows the unique artistic summary of opera, and is an extraordinary creation in the history of world drama costumes. A complete set of clothes has certain rules and regulations when performing. For example, ten pythons and ten backs on a suitcase must be placed in the order of five colors: red, yellow, green, white, black, blue, purple, pink, copper and Chou-heung. The props on the backcourt table must change according to the change of the plot. Ensure that actors wear, tie, wear, hang and hold in order.