Beijing opera is mostly about women disguised as men. Why are most Cantonese operas and Huangmei operas disguised as women?

This involves the aesthetics in China's traditional culture. Personally, ganden in Peking Opera (disguised as a man) and Kun Sheng in Yue Opera (disguised as a woman) are typical representatives of same-sex aesthetics. Technically speaking, Peking Opera mainly tells the story of the iron, the emperor and the general of Jin Goma, and most people who watch Peking Opera are men. Therefore, it is easier to be recognized to play women from a man's perspective than from a woman's perspective. Moreover, ganden's voice is more powerful and penetrating, which is the physiological difference brought by human body structure.

Let's talk about Yue Opera again. Originally an all-male role, it gradually developed into a full-female role because of environmental factors. But the main reason is that Yue Opera tells the story of talented people and beautiful women, and most of the people who watch it are women. The perfect man in women's eyes has both elegant temperament and talent, which men can never show.

Peking Opera was once known as one of the five major operas in China, with Xipi and Huang Er as the main tunes, accompanied by huqin and gongs and drums. It was regarded as the quintessence of the country and was the "top spot" among the three leading operas in China.

Anhui Opera is the predecessor of Beijing Opera. Since the 55th year of Qing Qianlong (1790), four Huizhou classes, Sanqing, Sixi, Chuntai and Hechun, which had performed in the south, have successively entered Beijing. They cooperated with artists in Hubei, and accepted some plays, tunes and performance methods of Kunqu Opera and Shaanxi Opera. After continuous exchange and integration, they finally formed Beijing Opera. After the formation of Peking Opera, it began to develop rapidly in the Qing court until the Republic of China.

Peking Opera has spread all over the world and become an important medium to introduce and spread China's traditional art and culture. It is distributed all over China with Beijing as the center. 20 10,10, 16, Peking Opera was listed in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".