The role of tin opera

Although there is a division of labor in the roles of tin operas, it can be roughly divided into several stages of development: in the duet stage, the male role is called the first hand (or left mouth) and the female role is called the first hand (or right mouth).

During the small joint performance, the number of roles has increased, and the role business has developed from three small duets to the niche, the old, the funny (ugly), the old Dan and the Hua Dan Five Elements.

In Datong field, the further branches are divided into three categories: young students are elegant, both civil and military, old students are family old students, civil and military old students and adulterous old students, funny students are fashionable funny (singing current affairs news) and silly funny students (also called cold noodles, known as Yin Jue), Lao Dan is a family old color, Hua Dan has Qingyi Sandan, Wenwu Hua Dan, Boudoir Hua Dan, coquettish Hua Dan and Xiao.

Each line is divided into various small lines according to different roles:

Xiao Sheng: There are elegant Xiao Sheng, Wu Wen Xiao Sheng and villain Xiao Sheng (also known as funny Xiao Sheng).

Elegant young students play various young scholars and singers, such as Fang Qing in Pearl Tower.

Wu Wen Xiao Sheng plays a variety of young military commanders, who are good at singing and dancing, and have unparalleled martial arts, such as Di Qing in "The Five Tigers in the Western Heaven".

Xiao Sheng, the villain, plays all kinds of dude, and his vocals are mostly long paragraphs, such as Zhang Tang in He Wenxiu.

Old students: divided into family old students, civil and military old students and treacherous old students.

Old family members play the role of members and officials, especially singers, such as Chen Peide in the Pearl Tower.

Wu Wen veteran plays all kinds of generals, and can also sing and dance well, such as Li Guang in "Changing Knife to Kill Wife".

Treacherous old students play all kinds of sinister traitors, all of which are sung in tiger tones, such as Pang Ji in Five Tigers for the Day.

Funny: It can be divided into trend funny and plain funny (also called cold funny).

Trendy plays all kinds of humorous characters, and is good at singing local news at that time, such as the mountain forest treasure of Pantuo Burning Incense.

Fools play all kinds of simple and honest people, and are good at winning by yin, such as Frye in Double Pearl Phoenix.

Lao Dan: It is divided into Lao Dan family and Cai Dan family.

My hometown plays all kinds of kind old women and singers, such as Fang Shi Yang in the Pearl Tower.

Cai Dan plays an upright, provocative or hypocritical middle-aged woman. She can sing and dance, and perform flexibly, such as Mother Yang in He Wenxiu.

Wuxi drama

Hua Dan is divided into Qing Yi Bei Dan, Wu Wen Hua Dan, Boudoir Hua Dan, coquettish Hua Dan and Xiao Dan.

Qing Yi Bei Dan plays all kinds of dignified and steady wives and singers, such as Qin Xianglian in My Beauty Case.

Wu Wen and Hua Dan play all kinds of young female generals, who are good at singing and dancing and have unparalleled martial arts, such as Fan Lihua in "Visiting the Cottage".

Boudoir Hua Dan plays all kinds of princesses or aristocratic families, and her singing is delicate and quiet, such as Cui Yingying in The West Chamber.

Coquettish Hua Dan plays all kinds of romantic women, and her singing and acting skills are quite dissolute, such as the new Han Chun in Rain Flower.

Xiao Dan plays all kinds of beautiful girls or clever maids, and her singing is lively, such as Li Cuiying in Linglong Girl.

In most tin opera classes, the number of actors is small, the types of work are generally unbalanced, and the division of labor among actors is not professional.