1. Sheng line
One of the main lines of Chinese opera performance, it refers to male roles other than Jing and Chou. Sheng's name was first seen in the Song and Yuan South Opera, referring to the male protagonist of the play, and the Yuan Yuan miscellaneous opera is equivalent to the end of the main. According to the character attributes, character traits and performance characteristics, can be broadly divided into the old, small, outside, end, Wu Sheng, dolls Sheng and other categories.
2, Dan line
Dan line in the Qingyi (Dan), flower shirt, flower Dan, knife and horse Dan, Wu Dan, old Dan. The characters they play are generally dignified, serious and decent. Most of them are virtuous wives and mothers, or chaste and virtuous women in the old society. Age is generally from young to middle-aged, Qingyi performance is characterized by singing, movement is relatively small, action is more stable.
3, the net line
Commonly known as the flower face, with a variety of colors outlined in the patterned face makeup as a prominent symbol, the performance is in the character temperament of the rough, Qiwei, bold characters. This kind of characters in the performance to tone broad and grand, singing thick and thick, action modeling line thick and staccato distinct, big open and close, magnificent. Such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Cao Cao, Bao Zheng, Lian Po, etc. is the net play.
4, the last line
The last line plays the middle-aged men, most of the hanging beard. It is also subdivided into the old man, the end, the old foreign. In addition to serving as the stage, the introduction of the plot summary and the theme of the play in the opening, but also in the play play play a secondary role of low social status. Kun Opera "end" line is following the development of the Song and Yuan Southern Opera footwork system, in accordance with the path of Southern Kun, including the Lao Sheng, deputy end, Lao Wai three families, about the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the initial stereotypes.
5, clown line
is a comedic role, in the nose between the eye sockets sketched face, more to play a comical banter style characters. In general, the performance is not heavy on the singing work, to read the white articulation is clear and fluent, can be divided into two major branches of the clowns and military clowns. The classification of the characters in the opera line, in the various types of theater is not quite the same, the above classification is mainly based on the classification of the Peking Opera as a reference, because the Peking Opera blends the essence of many types of theater.