• 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 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 或中年女性，并常带喜剧色彩。
旦
Dan: young and beautiful female
旦
Dan: young and beautiful female
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
Jing（净）
The Jing is a painted face male role
丑
Chou: clown, male or female
Chou（丑）
signifies honesty,probity(正
直),courage and bravery
Black
said the types of facial makeup in operas is criticized(刚
The gem -- Beijing Opera
国粹——京剧
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.
•
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。
生
Sheng: main male role
老生
小生
Байду номын сангаас武生
旦
Dan: young and beautiful female
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.
典韦
英布
Blue or green
types of facial makeup in operas that some of the figures represented irritable(粗豪暴躁 ), such as Dou Ambassador(窦 尔敦), Ma Wu (马武 ).
Part one: Introduction of Beijing Opera Part two: Roles in Beijing Opera Part three: Beijing Opera in life Part four:The Facial Painting
Origin
京剧非“京” Opera Although it is called Peking Opera, the origins
Cheng [Injustice to Dou'e' ]
Shang [Lady Zhaojun Going
beyond the Great Wall]
Xun [Matchmaker]
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 出特征的男性人物 。
老旦old woman：扮演老年妇女。
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，实为
女丑，故常由丑行兼扮
尚小云
Four Great Dans（四大名旦）
梅兰芳
荀慧生
Mei [Farewell My Concubine]
烈 ) people, integrity(正直 ), bravery and even reckless(鲁莽 ), such
as Zhang Fei.
types of facial makeup
in operas that vicious brutality(凶狠 残暴 ), such as Dian Wei.