The character roles in Peking opera are finely and strictly differentiated into fixed types. Female roles are generally known as dan and male roles as sheng, but male clowns are known as chou.

Peking Opera Roles include sheng (male role), dan (female role), jing (painted-face male role), and chou (comedic male role), distinguished on the basis of sex, age, and personality. NI HAO from China ...

Sheng is the male role in Beijing Opera. Sheng, according to the age, personality and status of the characters, is subdivided into laosheng, xiaosheng, wensheng and wusheng. Laosheng, also known as ...

Sheng. The Sheng (生) is the main male role in Beijing opera. This role has numerous subtypes. The laosheng is a dignified older role. These characters have a gentle and cultivated disposition and wear ...

The Chinese characters 京 ("jing"), signifying a capital or a shorthand name for Beijing, and 剧 ("ju"), meaning theatrical work, drama, play, or opera, are the keywords for Peking opera. Peking ...

The most lasting impression of The Little Pear Garden Collective's production of Peking Opera is of its universality. The intricate gestures and mime resemble the ancient dance traditions of India ...

Peking opera dates to the late 1790s, during China’s Qing dynasty, when audiences became transfixed by its blend of stylized action, singing, dialogue, mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing.

Peking Opera roles include sheng (male role), dan (female role), jing (painted-face male role), and chou (comedic male role), distinguished on the basis of sex, age, and personality.