Taking "The Peony Pavilion" as an example, let's talk about the characteristics of the characters "who are pure and ugly at birth" and how to distinguish them.

1. Sheng Xing is referred to as "sheng". The birth elements are divided into Xu Sheng (Lao Sheng), Hong Sheng, Xiao Sheng, Wu Sheng, Wa Sheng, etc. It is one of the important professions in Peking Opera.

Xusheng (老生): a person in the play who is middle-aged or older and wears a beard. Due to their different personalities and identities, they can be divided into An Gong Laosheng or Singing Laosheng (such as Playing the role of emperor, bureaucrat, literati, etc.), relying on old students (such as playing military generals), declining old students (such as playing poor people, etc.).

Hongsheng: A person with a red face, such as Guan Yu, Zhao Kuangyin, etc.

Xiaosheng: refers to the lingzisheng (general with pheasant feathers, princes, etc.), the gauze student (official student), the fan student (scholar), the poor student (poor scholar), etc. in the play.

Wusheng: For the martial arts characters in the play, those who wear thick-soled boots are called long-reliance (dunzi) wusheng, and those who wear thin-soled boots are called short-duty (spinner) wusheng.

2． Dan Xing is referred to as "Dan". It is divided into Qingyi, Hua Dan, Wu Dan, Daoma Dan, Lao Dan, Tie Dan, Gui Dan and other roles. The dan roles are all female.

Tsing Yi: Mainly singing, playing the role of a good wife and mother.

Huadan: Also called Huadan, it is characterized by colorful costumes and mainly plays the roles of queen, princess, noble lady, female general, hawker, village girl and so on.

Wu Dan and Daoma Dan: women who are good at performing martial arts.

Lao Dan: Singing in bennozi, mostly middle-aged and elderly women.

3. Jing Xing is referred to as "Jing", also known as Hua Lian. Jingjiao refers to the painted-faced character in the face painting, which does not seem to be clean, so it means "clean". Jingxing can be divided into the following types of roles: the bronze-hammered painted face and the black-headed painted face, which mainly sing; The master's painted face is called general, monk, green forest hero, martial arts face, beating painted face, etc. The bronze hammer painted face is called Zhengjing, the painted face of the martial artist is called Fujing, the martial arts painted face is called Wujing, and the Wuer painted face is called Hongjing. In terms of performance style, They all have different characteristics.

4. Most of the people in this industry are middle-aged and above. Those who are the first to appear are the opposite. It is called "mo".

5. Ugly behavior is called "ugly" in the play, and the "three-painted face" is very different from the painted face.

Chou Xing is divided into Wen Chou and Wu Chou. Wen Chou is divided into square scarf Chou (literati, Confucian scholars); Wu Chou specializes in martial arts roles such as falling, beating, turning, and throwing. According to the animal zodiac, Chou belongs to the Ox, and the Ox is stupid. , Ugliness is synonymous with stupidity. But Wu Chou on the stage is also called open-mouthed dance, and he can speak and dance, perform lively and smart characters, and is good at performing martial arts, which is completely different from the ugly and stupid nature of Niu.