peking opera

• Peking Opera- most dominant form of chinese opera
• red - integrity & loyalty
• white - wickedness
• green - bad tempered
• black - integrity
• purple - firmness
• yellow - ferocity
• blue - bravery
• gold - immortals
• silver - monsters
• sheng - male roles
• dan - female roles
• laosheng - mandarin officials
• hongsheng - young, handsome male characters
• xiaosheng - youthful male characters
• wusheng - martial heroes or warriors
• zengdan - virtuous & dignified young women
• guimendan - cunning & villanous characters
• daomadan - strong willed & courageous characters
• huadan - mischevious characters
• laodan - serves as mentors / mature role
• wudan - heros & warriors known for PHYSICSL PROWESS
• jing - male actors portraying characters w/ distinctive & exaggerated traits
• chou - comedic characters known for their humorous antics, wit and exaggeration of expressions
• xingtou - costumes of actors
• juzhuang - peking opera costumes
• kao - costumes worn by military generals
• light yellow xuezi robes - lower class & elderly people
• black xuezi robes with a large white collar - upright
• blue with a large white collar - literati
• qimo - name for all stage props and some simple decorations
• xipi - most popular singing style in peking opera
• erhuang - emotional and slow paced. used for female characters / sentiment
• qinqiang - strong rhythms & bold. vigorous singing style
• jinghu ban - small ensemble that accompanies Peking Opera
• Jinghu - beijing fiddle. two-stringed fiddle
• Erhu - BOWED, two stringed VERTICAL fiddle
• Yueqin - MOON SHAPED chinese LUTE
• Pipa - lute-like instrument with a long neck and a pear-shaped body
• Xianzi - 3 STRINGED PLUCKED lute. long-necked, FRETLESS