典韦
英布
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Blue or green
types of facial makeup in operas that some of the figures represented irritable(粗豪暴躁 ),
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Part one: Introduction of Beijing Opera Part two: Roles in Beijing Opera Part three: Beijing Opera in life Part four:The Facial Painting
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Origin
京剧非“京” Opera Although it is called Peking Opera, the origins
of Peking Opera are not in Beijing but in the provinces of Anhui (East China) and Hubei (South-central China). Its rise is due in great part to the favorable eyes and patronage of the imperial royalties. 京味道
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❖ It was after 1840 that Peking Opera formally took shape, growing even faster during the reign of the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908), who was an opera aficionado. Classic Peking Opera repertoires and the names of the first-generation masters were on the lips of the people in Beijing, and eventually prevalent around the country.
正旦（青衣）：泛指旦中正角，不表现确定的性7 格特征。
旦
Dan: young and beautiful female
花旦：花旦扮演性格活泼明快或泼辣放荡的青年8 或中年女性，并常带喜剧色彩。
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Dan: young and beautiful female
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旦
Dan: young and beautiful female
The gem -- Beijing Opera
国粹——京剧
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Chinese traditional opera is considered
one of the world's three ancient operas, together with Greek tragedy and comedy, and Indian Sanskrit opera. Among the more than 360 ancient local operas in China, Peking Opera is known as China’s national opera, despite its comparatively young 200-year history.
Jing（净）
The Jing is a painted face male role
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丑
Chou: clown, male or female
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Chou（丑）
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signifies honesty,probity(
正直),courage and bravery
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Black
said the types of
老旦old woman：扮演老年妇女。
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旦
Dan: young and beautiful female
彩旦ugly woman:一作丑旦、丑婆子，秦腔里也 称之为媒旦。扮演女性中的喜剧或闹剧人物，实11
为女丑，故常由丑行兼扮
Four Great Dans（四大名旦）
尚小云
梅兰芳
荀慧生
Mei [Farewell My Concubine]
Cheng [Injustice to Dou'e' ]
Shang [Lady Zhaojun Going
beyond the Great Wall]
Xun [Matchmaker]
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程砚秋
净
Jing: painted faced male
净:主要扮演性格、品质或相貌不同于一般、有突13 出特征的男性人物 。
facial makeup in
operas is
criticized(刚烈 )
people,
integrity(正直 ),
bravery and even
reckless(鲁莽 ),
such as Zhang Fei.
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types of facial makeup
in operas that vicious brutality(凶狠 残暴 ), such as Dian Wei.
Peking is a purely Chinese opera form dating back to the year 1790, when the famous Four Anhui Opera Troupes first came to Beijing in celebration of the 80th birthday of Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The tour was a hit and the troupes stayed. In 1828, some famous Hubei Opera Troupe players came to Beijing.
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京剧是1840年以后正式形成了，慈禧太后（1835
至1908年）是一个歌剧爱好者，在位期间京剧发展得
更快。经典京剧剧目和第一代大师的名字，经过人民
的传诵，并最终在全国各地普遍存在。
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生
Sheng: main male role
老生
小生
武生
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旦