Peking Opera Roles- Qingyi

Qingyi- refers to young or middle-aged women with gentle and refined dispositions

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Peking opera or Beijing opera (Jīngjù) is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.

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This is a new series of illustration I'm working on. In Peking opera there are  four main characters- Sheng(生), Dan(旦), Jing(净), Chou(丑). Read more about it here.



Hua Dan- a young girl full of vivacity and innocence.



Jing- which means all kinds of painted-faces and acts as the male role that has a particular personality or appearance.