pekingopera

　　pekingoperaisoneoftheChineseculture.Itisalsocalled"ThequintessenceofChineseculture"Itisconsistof"sheng,生,dan旦,jing净,chou丑"the"Lineofbusiness"

　　Youmaybeask:What'sshengdanjingchou?Shengmeans老生,小生,武生,娃娃生.theyplayedoldman,yongman,themanwhoknowskongfuandboyintheopera.Danmeans正旦、花旦、闺门旦、武旦、老旦、彩旦（揺旦）刀马旦.Zhengdan,Theyplayedasaroleof"qingyi"thatmeansthemostimportantwomanintheopera,theyusuallyplayverydignifiedandvirtuous.Huadanplayedbeautifulyounggirls.Guimendanusuallyplayedrichgirlswhoisunmarried.Wudanmeans侠女,theyplayedverybravegirlswhoalsoknowkongfuverymuch.Laodan,anoldwoman.Caidan,oldanduglycausesomuchlaugh.Daomadan,theyusuallyplayedgenerals.Jing,wealsocalled"bigbaikal"Chou,wecalled"smallbaikal"theyareallverycharacteristic.