Old students are also called "Xu Sheng", "Zheng Sheng" and "Hu Zisheng".
Generally, they are middle-aged and elderly men with a sense of justice. The protagonists are all black beards. In the past, there were three lines in Peking Opera, namely, primary, exogenous and terminal, which were later collectively referred to as old students. According to the different characteristics of performing arts, old pedants can be divided into hard pedants, declining pedants and pedants who rely on handles.
Old An Gong students, also known as "singing and cutting old students" and "Wang", play more emperors and generals, and are calm and steady on the stage, so they are called "An Gong", such as Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty in Going to the Tiantai and Chen Gong in Catch and Release Cao. Declining old students, also known as "old students who do work" and "old workers" mostly play people who are old or whose mental state is declining, so they are called "declining factions", such as Song Tujie in Four Sons, Qin Qiong in Selling Horses, and Song Jiang in Sitting on a Building to Kill Cherish.
Relying on the elderly, most of them play the role of military commanders. It is named after relying on (wearing a helmet and armour) and using a sword and a gun (the weapon used by the people in the play), plus Huang Zhong, a veteran of Dingjunshan, Hua Yun in "The War of Peace" and Yue Fei in Zhentanzhou. No matter what kind of old students are, they mainly sing and use their own voices. The old students of An Gong should sing melodiously, while the old students of the declining school should sing with indignation and depression, relying on their passionate and generous singing.
In addition, in the history of Peking Opera, there are also some senior actors who are good at writing, martial arts, singing, acting and playing tricks. Later, they were called "civil and military officials", such as Cheng Changgeng and Tan Xinpei.
Xiao Sheng mainly plays young men. He wears makeup without a beard and looks handsome.
According to the different characteristics of characters' personality and status, they can be divided into robe belt, fan, Ling Zisheng, poverty and martial arts.
A young man in a robe, also called a shamao young man, plays an official young man. Wearing a gauze cap is its main symbol. Most of these characters are literati, such as Wang Jinlong in Yu Tang Chun, Zhao Chong in Strange Double Meeting and Chen Kui in Chen Sanliang's Climbing the Hall.
Fan students often play young scholars and romantic and elegant sons, holding fans, wearing literary towels and pleating, so they are also called "pleated students". Fans are special props to help characters express charm and elegance. For example, Fu Peng is picking up jade bracelets and Zhang Junrui is in the west wing.
Ling Zisheng, also known as "pheasant tail", is its main symbol, and he is a figure who plays both military commanders and civil and military skills. Playing Zi Ling requires martial arts. With the help of scaffolding and dancing, many dance moves were performed with Zi Ling. For example, Zhou Yu in Hero, Lu Bu in Lu Bu and Diophantine, Yang Zongbao in Wood Carving Zhai and so on.
Poor students, who mostly play down-and-out literati and scholars, "pay special attention to their performance", mainly show the sour smell of the characters and are used to stepping on the heels of shoes to show their poverty, so they are also called "shoe students", and wearing rich clothes is their main symbol. Rich clothes are green folds with many colorful patches, which means that although these people are poor and poorly dressed now, they will still be rich in the future, so they are called "rich clothes". For example, Moggi in Flirting and Wang Mingfang in Liansheng Store.
Martial arts, mainly playing young heroes, performing martial arts, singing, chanting and working. From the martial arts point of view, Wu is similar to Wu Sheng, but both singing and reciting methods are used. Such as Lu Wenlong in Eight Hammer, Zhao Yun in Borrowing Zhao Yun and Shi Xiu in Shi Xiu.
Wushu students play young and middle-aged men who are good at Wushu, and they are divided into two types: long-term dependence on Wushu and short-term fighting Wushu, commonly known as "chopping" and "skimming". "Split" refers to wearing thick-soled boots, and "skimming" refers to wearing thin-soled boots.
Dragons rely on martial arts, and both martial arts and scaffolding are equally important, such as Zhao Yun of Changbanpo, Ma Chao of Jizhou and Pullman.
Bunting martial arts students wear tight shorts. Attach importance to martial arts stunts, such as Ren in Sanchakou, Lin Chong in fun run. Wu Laosheng plays middle-aged and elderly British figures, such as Zhen Wu of Bailiang Building and Qiu Cheng of Jianfeng Mountain. Wu Sheng also acted in some hook drama (Wu Jingzi drama), such as Jiang Wei in Tielongshan and Gordon in Gordon. The monkey king in the monkey show is usually played by Wu Sheng.
(4) Hong Sheng refers to a red-faced old man who mainly plays the roles of Guan Yu and Zhao Kuangyin. His singing is sonorous and vigorous, and his performance has a special framework and modeling. This actor should have a solid martial arts foundation and special training. The main repertoires include Huarong Road, Towards Maicheng, Gu Chenghui, Seven Armies under Water, Cut the Yellow Robe, etc.
The doll plays the role of a child. Most of them are played by Tong Ling (child stars), wearing children's hair and tea clothes.