An open wooden chest holds folded silks of several colors; on four wooden stands to the right sit a blue soft cap with a folding fan, a pearl-studded phoenix crown, a helmet with long pheasant feathers beside a spear, and a small red-knobbed hat beside a cane; on the dressing table to the left are five bowls of color, a brush pot and a bronze mirror.
Role Types
The sheng, dan, jing and chou roles, each with its own patterns of singing, speech, acting and combat
Introduction
The characters of Peking opera are divided into role types such as sheng, dan, jing and chou, and modern writing on Chinese opera also sums them up as these four groups. Sheng mostly play positive, refined male characters, dan play female characters, jing, also called painted faces, play bold, rugged male characters, and chou play humorous, witty characters. Each role type has its own set of performance patterns, and the performance skills are singing, speech, acting and combat.