Coat is one of the internal divisions of Peking Opera costumes, and it exists to create roles for actors. From the technical function, it is to manage, match and tie, the so-called clothing management and maintenance, to be responsible for the service and dress of actors and the matching of special roles in performances, to have strong skills in the management of coats, as well as the name recognition of clothing and the shaping of clothing types of different roles.
According to the division of labor of overcoat industry, the scope of overcoat industry naturally forms. There are similarities in technical treatment between them, but there are great differences in other aspects. Its naming scope, functions and characteristics are as follows.
Sanyi's business, commonly known as boot box, includes the names and functions of items, mostly boots, shoes and underwear worn by characters. The names of items in business can be divided into two categories, one is film, commonly known as soft and hard.
Cloud shoulders are often decorated with four moire patterns, mostly made of colorful brocade. Leaves are like clouds reflecting the sun after rain, and like rainbows scattered in the clear sky, so they are called cloud shoulders.
Yun Jian is a unique costume style in the costume culture of Han nationality, which is rich in decorative patterns, artistic symbolic language, figurative meaning of numbers and profound cultural heritage. Yun Jian is also the crystallization of the Han nationality's absorption of foreign costume culture, which is integrated and sublimated into its own national costume.