Beijing opera has four major businesses, namely, four dramatic roles, that is, being born ugly. Next, I will give you a detailed introduction to their meanings.
The first is Sheng, who plays a male role, which is a very important business in Beijing opera. There are old students, young students, martial arts students, red students, baby students and so on in life. Among them, Hong Sheng needs a red face, such as playing Guan Yu, Wu Sheng also needs a red face, and the rest are basically plain, that is, they will look cleaner and more handsome.
The second is Dan, mainly female images, including Hua Dan, Peking Opera Blues, Udan, Lao Dan and so on. Among them, Zheng Dan is actually Tsing Yi, mainly singing, and generally plays a good wife and mother. Hua Dan dresses in fancy clothes and plays a princess, a queen, a lady and so on. Wu Dan and Beijing Opera Blues are both women with martial arts, and Lao Dan is a middle-aged and elderly woman.
The third is Jing, also called Hualian. Generally, the roles he plays are all men with characteristics of personality and appearance, so he will exaggerate some when performing and highlight his personality characteristics. There are positive nets, sub-nets, martial nets and red nets, and the performance style will have different characteristics.
The fourth is ugliness. This kind of appearance is generally ugly, and sometimes it is some negative characters. Most of them put a piece of white powder on the bridge of the nose, so the image is ugly. Ugliness is also classified, including Wen Chou and Wu Ugly. Wu Chou can be said to dance, and Wen Chou is a scholar.
On the stage, women are called Dan mainly because it was originally created by? Sister? The word evolved, and I was misinformed as da ji, then abbreviated as Dan, and then the role of Dan came into being.
The above is the introduction of these four industries.