![]() ![]() Jing (净): Jing is commonly known as the “Painted Face (大花脸)” with the colorful makeup on his whole face. And Guan Sheng is an official with a gauze cap on the head. Jin Sheng usually is the leading actor of a love story who is a young scholar holding a folding fan in his hand. It is mainly divided into Jin Sheng (巾生) and Guan Sheng (官生). Sheng (生): Sheng is the general name of all men characters aged from about 20 to 50 years old. Among them, Zheng Dan (正旦) is usually the most important female character who plays a loving wife or chaste woman, Wu Dan (五旦) plays an unmarried miss or kind chivalrous lady, and Lao Dan (老旦) usually is an elder female actress who plays a mother or sometimes a male role. ![]() Each one has their only personal characteristics and is indispensable in this artistic performance.ĭan (旦): All the women characters are called Dan in Kunqu. There are basically five characters in Kunqu Opera, namely Dan, Sheng, Jing, Mo, and Chou. ![]() Apart from the costumes in a Yuan and Ming dynasties style, others which are similar to the very popular garments and dressings of people in that period can also often be seen on the stage, such as the martial attires, clothes of officials of different levels and positions, etc. Costumes of Kunqu Opera are particularly abundant with rich colors and styles. ![]()
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