ARTS 8 (PEKING OPERA)

• Sheng - is the main male role in Peking opera.
• Dan- refers to any female role in Peking opera.
• Jing- is a painted face male role who plays either the primary or secondary roles. This role entails a forceful character
• Red denotes loyalty and goodness
• white denotes evil
• black denotes integrity.
• Chou- is a male clown role. It usually plays secondary roles whose name also means "ugly'.
• Red- devotion, courage, bravery, uprightness and loyalty
• Black- roughness and fierceness
• Yellow- fierceness, ambition and cool-headedness
• Purple- uprightness, sophistication and cool-headedness
• Reddish purple- just and noble character
• Blue- loyalty, fierceness and sharpness
• White- dangerousness, suspiciousness and craftiness
• Green- impulsive, violent and stubbornness
• Xiaohualian (the petty painted face)- is a small patch of chalk on and around the nose. Clowns of traditional drama who wear this special makeup show a mean and secretive character.
• Xingtou, popularly known as Xifu,
• Oblong wings (chizi) attached to a gauze hat indicate a loyal official while in contrast a corrupt official is made to wear a gauze with rhomboidal wing.
• A whip is used to indicate a horse, and an oar symbolizes a boat.
• utilizes very few props, will almost have a table and at least one chair, which can be turned through convention into such diverse objects as a city wall, a mountain, or a bed.