老生
武生
小生
青衣
刀马旦
老旦
花旦
正净
副净
武净
副净:也称“二面”或“架子花”,多表现性格豪爽者,如张飞、李逵等,或奸邪佞幸者,如曹操、赵高等。
The feature of Chou characters are similar with clown in western drama, they are usually quick and talkative.
5. The Costumes
graceful, elegant, and brilliant in color and designmade using hand sewing and embroideryof a high aesthetic value
蟒 boa [´bəuə]
Peking Opera costumes
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Peking Opera, also known as jingju in Chinese, 1 (list) as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010.Peking Opera is a purely Chinese opera form 2 (date) back to 1790, when the famous Four Opera Troupes first came to Beijing and it began to 3 (formal) take shape in about 1840. A popular Chinese saying sums up the strict training required for Peking Opera: “One minute of 4 (perform) requires 10 years of practice”. The highly stylized ancient Chinese art form, 5 a history of more than 200 years, 6 (combine) music, dance, drama, and martial arts.“Many teenagers are 7 (familiar) with pop music, movies and computer games than the students at the Beijing Opera Art’s College, who practice 8 ancient art form every day and will grow into professional performers. They will keep traditional Chinese operas alive,” says Wang Guo, a Peking Opera teacher.Wang was also trained at the Beijing Opera Art’s College and then furthered her study at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, 9 she graduated from in 2020.“It takes so long to train and it is difficult to achieve fame, but 10 (know) that we are keeping a unique tradition alive is what drives us,” she says.