My first impression of Peking Opera was in the small county where I was born.
That was more than 30 years ago, when I was about 8 or 9 years old.
I vividly remember that when it was hot in the summer, there were strange people on the stage in the square, holding a big knife or something, drawing there, and singing for a while.
I was on the steps and sat down all afternoon.
It's not that I like to watch much, mainly because my grandfather likes to watch and doesn't let me run around. In order not to let me run, he would buy some fruit and let me sit next to it and eat it.
At that time, the most I was willing to do was to accompany my grandfather to watch the play.
Although I never understood it, under the explanation of my grandfather's busyness, I still had a certain impression of the various roles in Peking Opera.
Sheng: Nowadays it usually refers to old sheng
Lao Sheng is a positive character of middle age or older, with an upright and resolute personality, a high moral character, a beard hanging from his mouth, never walking well, always shaking three steps.
In addition, it also includes Xiaosheng, Wusheng and Dollsheng. Xiaosheng is mostly a handsome young man; Wusheng is good at martial arts, mostly a general or a good man in the green forest; and The doll is a child character, and there are also martial arts moves.
Dan: A female character in the opera
It is divided into Qingyi, Huadan, Wudan, Daomadan, Laodan, etc., mainly playing the female surnames of different ages, as well as identity and personality.
Tsing Yi and Hua Dan are mostly young and middle-aged women. However, Qingyi plays the wife or lady of a rich family, and Hua Dan's social status is relatively low, generally a lady or something.
Both Wu Dan and Dao Ma Dan can do martial arts. However, Wu Dan is mostly a chivalrous woman in the jianghu, and the fight is also on the ground. And Dao Ma Dan needs to carry a knife to ride a horse, and he also plays a marshal, a general and the like.
Lao Dan is an old female surname, such as the old lady of the Yang family.
Net: It's a flower face
It is mainly divided into large flower faces and two flower faces, and is generally dominated by male characters.
In the flower face, different colors also represent different personality traits, such as red face represents loyalty, black face represents roughness, and white face represents adultery.
Dahua Face is mainly based on singing, and plays a role with a higher status and a stable demeanor, and is mostly a loyal and good general in the imperial court. Erhua Face pays attention to the body frame, and is mostly a positive character with a rough and bold personality and reckless and impulsive work. However, the role of a white-faced traitor like Cao Cao also belongs to the erhua face.
In addition, there is a martial flower face, focusing on fighting.
End: A minor character in the raw horns
In modern Peking Opera, the last horn has been gradually divided into raw horns, acting as secondary roles for raw horns.
Ugly: Funny characters
In Peking Opera, the role is specifically responsible for gags. Among them, there is a role in the Dan horn called Cai Dan, which also belongs to the clown, and mostly plays the role of a matchmaker, a servant and other women.
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Later, Grandpa was too old to go to the square to listen to the play. Later, the stage was demolished, the square was also demolished, and high-rise buildings were built.
And Peking Opera, as the "essence of the country", was also shelved in the high cabinet after a generation of people grew old and left.
This may be "the world has a metabolism, and the exchanges become ancient and modern"!
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