What is measured steps?

Quadrant steps are: long span, slow walk, and leisurely step.

In Peking Opera, old students have to take four steps, also called eight-character steps, which require lifting their legs, wiping the soles of their boots, centering on their waist and cooperating with their limbs. Middle-aged people rise and fall faster, while the elderly rise and fall slower, which has both the basis of life and a sense of rhythm, and is compared to a gentle, big and slow step.

How to walk: stand with your feet at a 45-degree angle to the front (90-degree angle between your feet), and step with your left foot in the toe direction (that is, in front of the 45-degree angle). The heel touches the ground first, then the right foot touches the ground, and the heels are as close as before departure. Then the right foot is 45 degrees to the right, and the left foot keeps up to complete the real progress.

Origin:

The square steps of Bagua Palm are actually composed of two triangular steps of Bagua Palm, and the two triangles are nested together to form a square step. So it's called four steps. China traditional drama actors must walk on the stage, which is called four steps. So people often say, "Don't walk like you do on the stage, always take four steps." Since art comes from life, why is the pace on the stage different from that in life? This is because the art of traditional Chinese opera should come from life and make life artistic, instead of moving life to the stage intact.

In order to let the audience feel the truth of life while enjoying art, since opera expresses life through singing and dancing, the words and deeds of opera actors on the stage must be accompanied by music to form a harmonious and unified whole, and the footsteps must be organically coordinated with music accompaniment to become a dancing and rhythmic dance step, which is called catwalk.