Generally speaking, Beijing opera is divided into four trades, namely, life, Dan, purity and ugliness. The earliest times in the Yuan Dynasty were fate, Dan, purity, end and ugliness. Later, the last line was classified as life, and it became like this.

Student: Peking Opera is represented by men, including Xiao Sheng, Laosheng (the ending), Wusheng and so on. As shown in the figure:

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A junior student, an old student, a martial artist.

Small martial arts, small martial arts, old martial arts, old martial arts rely on martial arts to fight martial arts.

Xiao Sheng: It is used to represent young people, singing in a falsetto, and the jargon of Beijing Opera is called "Whisper". There are many such figures, such as Xu Xian in The Legend of the White Snake and Wang Jinlong in Yu Tang Chun. The representative faction has a leaf faction, which was initiated by Ye Shenglan.

Wu: As the name implies, it is a niche character who focuses on fighting. Zhou Yu in Hero is an example. The representative genre is the Leaf School, which was initiated by Ye.

Old student: used to represent the elderly, and the age can be distinguished according to the color of the beard. There are many representatives.

Ma Pai: Ma Li Anliang

Tan Pai: Tan Xinpei

Yu Pai: Yu Shuyan

Yang Pai: Yang Baosen

Xi school: Xi xiaobo

Qiqi School: Zhou (the stage name is seven-year-old boy and unicorn boy, so it is called Qiqi School)

Speech School: Yan Juxian

Ma, Yang, Xi Xiaobo and Tan are called "the four big bears".

Wu Laosheng: As the name implies, he is an old-fashioned figure who focuses on fighting.

Long-term dependence on military life: when showing a military commander, the four-pole flag inserted behind him is called dependence. Long-term dependence on martial arts refers to this business that focuses on fighting for a long time. Such as Gao Chong in Pulley.

Bunt Takeshi: Takeshi, too, but don't lean on it. Wear thin boots. Martial arts students mainly bunt, and Sanchakou is a classic martial arts drama. The representative school is Geppet: Gai Jiaotian.

Dan: The ancient Chinese character "Xian" is a small animal that is good at decoration. In Beijing opera, it is a female role. As shown in the figure:

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Wudan Hua Dan Peking Opera Blues Lao Dan Qingyi Cai Dan

In the past, there were Zhengdan, Accessory, Tiedan, Waidan, Xiaodan, Dadan, Caidan and Chadan.

Wu Dan: It's equivalent to a female character who is short of manpower and mainly taps. This is what the thirteen sisters in Thirteen Sisters do.

Beijing Opera Blues: It is equivalent to female characters who rely on martial arts and heavy equipment in their lives, such as She Saihua in Seven Star Temple and Mu in Tianmen Array.

Hua Dan: A lively young woman, such as the matchmaker in The Matchmaker. The representative school is Xun Huisheng.

Cai Dan: Generally playing the role of matchmaker, such as Liu, the matchmaker of Famen Temple, can be said to be an ugly act in Dandan's role, and it is also a place where a play is applauded.

Tsing Yi: A quiet young woman named after an ordinary poor woman wearing a green soap skirt. Representatives are:

Mei Pai: Mei Lanfang

Xun School: Xun Huisheng

Cheng Pai: Cheng Qiuyan

Shangpai: Shang Xiaoyun

Zhang Pai: Zhang Junqiu

Among them, Mei Lanfang, Xun Huisheng, Cheng and Shang Xiaoyun are also known as "four famous poets".

Lao Dan: Older women, such as the mother-in-law in The Tattoo of Mother-in-law and Li Xinyu in The Dragon Robe. The representative school is Li School.

Jing: Commonly known as "painted face", Peking Opera facial makeup comes from this. Because the face is painted, it is very unclean, and because of the opposite meaning, it is called "net". What kinds of services are there in the network? As shown in the figure:

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Bronze hammer, picture frame, painting Wu Hualian.

Face painting with bronze hammer: It is named after Xu's embrace of the bronze hammer in the imperial mausoleum. It is mainly vocal, and its pronunciation is mostly nasal and postnasal. Bao Zheng, Huang Gai, Xu, Weichi Gong and others. It is reflected in this industry. Main factions: Qiu faction, Qiu.

Face painting on a shelf: the kind that will "wow" if you don't move, which is more violent or humorous. For example, Zhang Fei, Li Kui jy and Niu Hao. The representative figures are the Golden School: Jin Shaoshan, and so is Mr. Yuan Shihai.

Wu Hualian: Mainly by fighting.

In a play, if there are two or more faces, the main thing is singing, which is called "big face painting", and the others are "two faces painting".

Ugly: A funny character with a white nose.

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Smell smelly and odorless.

Wen Chou: There are many ugliness in the usual sense, such as Shangyi, Liu Zhengyi of Famen Temple, Jiang Gan of Qunying Palace and so on.