Many people who study China's traditional operas have guessed where this reputation comes from. A common saying is "fate, Dan, cleanliness and ugliness", named after "anti-metaphor". This is actually a very old legend, which existed as early as the era when zaju and legends (different forms of ancient opera) were popular. Zhu Zhishan, a gifted scholar in the Ming Dynasty, disagreed with this view. He thinks it is meaningless to describe the ugly phenomenon in life as satire, or Tang named it under the guise of it. This is just a popular name for everyone. What's the big point to talk about? What a genius! One sentence is worth a thousand.

From this perspective, life refers to men. Otherwise, how can there be such names as Mr., epigenetic, Confucian scholar, Zhang Sheng and Li Sheng? Dan is harder to explain. Zhou, a historian of traditional Chinese opera, believes that the word "Dan" evolved from the word "sister". The order is "elder sister" first, and then "elder sister" is mistaken for "elder sister" (in Song Dynasty, there were dramas such as "Old Lonely Big" and "Double Selling Big", and "elder sister" was abbreviated as "elder sister", which has always been a title for women, as Tianjin can prove. Since "Dan" originated from "Sister", it is easy to understand that "Dan Jiao" plays women exclusively. Jing, a, Ke Danqiu thinks "Jing" is the mistake of "Jing". He said, all you have to do is make up your face. White and green are really beautiful. Beauty is called openness, and then somehow it becomes a net. Ugly,

Needless to say, it is nothing more than relative to "Jun". Although not all the characters played by "clowns" are bad people, most of them have to put a piece of white powder on their noses, and their images are ugly after all. Some people may think this explanation is too simple and common. If we persist in studying this mystery, we will certainly find a new explanation.

Nowadays, the roles of Beijing opera are also divided into "life, Dan, Jing and Ugliness", but each one has many classifications. I won't pull them here.

Li Yu, a playwright in the Ming Dynasty, was poor. Once he went to borrow money from a rich relative, who just kept serving tea and water without mentioning money. Li Yu is not polite. After drinking tea, he left by boat. Rich relatives snigger. Before long, someone sent a small bag containing white powder and a pen for the clown to hook his face. When the rich relatives saw it, they immediately prepared a sum of money to chase it and gave it to Li Yu. Li Yu saw the silver, smiled and put down the pen. A clown play featuring rich relatives has been written in the middle.

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Beijing Opera, also known as Beijing Opera and National Opera. It was first produced around 1970, with a history of 150 years. The original Peking Opera had no fixed aria and genre. It is a mixture of Huiban, Kunqu Opera, Blowing Cavity, Siping Tune and so on. After changes and explorations, I finally have my own style, that is, Peking Opera.

My grandfather told me all this. He likes Beijing Opera very much. Speaking of the history of Beijing opera, he is very happy, eloquent, quoting classics, from sectarian origin to singing, can be described in detail. To tell the truth, I don't like Beijing opera very much. If it really has anything to do with my hobbies, I'm only interested in the facial makeup, costumes and movements of Beijing opera.

The first and most comprehensive Peking Opera was a drunken performance by Mei Baojiu, a famous Peking Opera performer. The lady's face is rosy, her eyes are flowing, she is angry and happy, and her posture of telling the truth after drinking makes me deeply impressed and intoxicated. Allegro hits, click, click, click ... Knock, choke, pause. Grandpa began to explain on the set: In the past, female roles were all played by men, and singing opera was the most despised business. It is said that players are players, but that is spurned. This is feudal. I don't care. All right! The imperial concubine appeared on the stage, and her grandfather named Cai under the stage.

Although I don't know much about the lyrics of Beijing Opera, I know a little about Facebook and costumes. Facebook is a key step in Peking Opera, and people's personalities and identities can often be seen from Facebook before the lyrics blurt out. Such as Guan Gong's red face, Xiang Yu's white face, Zhang Fei's black face, Cao Cao's white eyebrows and long eyes, Huang Lao's tile face and so on. These are the most basic differences.

A set of headdresses in Beijing Opera is very complicated. As far as clothing is concerned, it can be divided into six categories: robes, jackets, armor, helmets and hats, boots and shoes and accessories. Official clothes are mostly worn by officials, including robes and instep, sleeves and loose belts. The patterns of these robes are generally dragon-scattered, and the most memorable one is Bao Gong's robes in Qin Xianglian, with golden dragons scattered on the black background, which is solemn and solemn. Shorts are generally divided into colorful jackets and tights worn by bartenders, waiters, matchmakers or young women, also known as night clothes. Shi Xiu in the Water Margin is dressed like this. Armor is easy to understand, it is a combat uniform. There is a head pillow at the back of the clothes, so it will look good if you insert colorful flags. A typical example is Mu in Yang Men Nvxia. Helmets and hats, as the name implies, are the top hats of figures, the dragon crowns of emperors, the phoenix crowns of queens, the literary scarves of literati and the black hats of officials. In Beijing opera, the crown also represents the identity of a role. People often say that taking off their jobs means only your official position. Shoes and boots are divided into thick-soled official boots and leisure boots. Official futures are mostly white at the bottom, seeking harmony with official uniforms. Casual boots are divided into women's and men's, and there are also differences. The last subsidiary category includes sleeves, belts, meters and other clothes. Sleeves are most commonly used to express the emotions of characters. When they were happy, they circled around, and when they were angry, they left, all of which were vivid.

There are many roles in Beijing Opera, which can be roughly divided into four parts: Laosheng, Xiao Sheng, Wusheng, Tsing Yi, Hua Dan, Beijing Opera Blues, Jiazi, Wen Chou and Cai Dan. Each character has his own singing and expression, from the fingering to the costume. I'm afraid this exquisite performance form is only available in China.

Traditional Chinese opera is the quintessence of China. Besides Beijing Opera, there are Kunqu Opera, Henan Opera, Huangmei Opera, Gaojia Opera, Henan Bangzi Opera, Huai Opera and so on.

As the main type of traditional operas in China, Peking Opera will continue to flourish. Where there are China people, there are operas.