The situation in Hua Dan is different from that in Tsing Yi. Most of its clothes are short coats and trousers, or short coats and skirts. Mainly plays young women. Mainly go to work and speak vernacular, most of whom are Beijingers and whites. The characters are lively and cheerful, and their movements are smart and agile.

Hua Dan can be divided into two concepts: narrow sense and broad sense. Hua Dan, in a narrow sense, plays a young woman with a lively and cheerful personality and a light and agile manner, among which the ladies-in-waiting are the most, such as the matchmaker in Matchmaker, Xin Ping in Beating Cherry, Chunlan in Hua Tian Cuo and Cao Chun in Cao Chun. In addition, Hua Dan played the role of Jin Yunnv in Hongluan Jubilee and Di Yunluan in Pride.

There are several kinds of Hua Dan in a broad sense: one is a young girl, who mainly plays unmarried girls and is good at working and chanting, such as Sun Yujiao in Picking up the Jade Bracelet and Liu Yulian in The Cabinet. Some characters, such as Tang Huixian in Hairpin Phoenix, Su in Mei Yupei and Chen Xingyuan in Durham, also belong to the boudoir. The second kind is jokes, which play the role of slapstick and appear in comedies or burlesque. The performance is characterized by humor, attention to work and plain speaking. Most of the jokes are clowns and young people, so this kind of comedy is also called "three plays". Some folk song and dance dramas, such as Cowherd, Grave and Flower Drum, can also be included as jokes. The third category is called pungent Dan, who plays the role of pungent personality, unrestrained behavior and sharp words, emphasizing doing things and speaking plainly. For example, Yan Xijiao in Sitting on a Building to Kill Cherish, Pan Qiaoyun in Cuiping Mountain, Fan Jinlian in Song Wu Killing Sister-in-law and other grandmothers in Eight Falls into the River (full name: Longtan Paul or Hongbiyuan) are typical provocative roles. There is also a kind called Assassination Dan, whose noun comes from Kunqu Opera. The Kunqu opera "Assassination of Dan" mainly plays the role of female assassin's revenge, such as Fei Zhen 'e in "True moths stab tigers" and Xiang Liang stab beams. The Peking Opera "Assassination of Dan" refers to the assassinated characters, such as Zou in "The Battle of Wancheng" and some provocative characters mentioned earlier, such as Pan Jinlian, Yan Xijiao and so on.

As for the women who kill their enemies for revenge in Peking Opera, such as Xue Yanniang in Shentoutang and Shen Xuezhen in Shuangqing Sword, they are all played by Tsing Yi. So in fact, the assassination and provocation of Dan in Beijing opera have been combined, and the assassination of Dan no longer exists.