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  2. Sheng role - Wikipedia

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    The wusheng (Chinese: 武生; pinyin: wǔshēng; lit. 'martial sheng') is a martial character for roles involving combat. They are highly trained in acrobatics, and have a natural voice when singing. [4] In Peking opera, wusheng is further divided into two subcategories based on the character's costume: [1]

  3. Peking opera - Wikipedia

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    Peking opera features four main role types, sheng (gentlemen), dan (women), jing (rough men), and chou (clowns). Performing troupes often have several of each variety, as well as numerous secondary and tertiary performers.

  4. Xiaosheng - Wikipedia

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    A kunqu actor portrays the young scholar Pan Bizheng by holding a hand fan with his fingers.. The xiaosheng (Chinese: 小生; pinyin: xiǎoshēng; lit. 'little (gentle)man') is a male role type in Chinese opera and a subtype of the sheng.

  5. Li Shengsu - Wikipedia

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    Li Shengsu has held various positions in the Peking opera field and in other areas. She used to serve as leader of the Mei Lanfang Peking Opera Troupe for the Shanxi Peking Opera Theater. She is currently the director of Troupe One of the China National Peking Opera Company after she succeeded Yu Kuizhi to the position on September 18, 2010. [8]

  6. Maoqiang - Wikipedia

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    Maoqiang opera has a history of about 200 years and has incorporated local folk songs and dances from the region. [1] Musical instruments used include drum, cymbal, gong, jinghu, suona, flute, and sheng. [1] The main roles are shared with Peking opera: sheng (生, main male roles), dan (旦, female roles), and chou (丑, male clown). [1]

  7. Tan Xinpei - Wikipedia

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    Tan Xinpei (23 April 1847 – 10 May 1917) was a Chinese Peking opera artist who specialized in sheng roles. A disciple of Cheng Changgeng, Tan Xinpei was undoubtedly the most important Peking opera performer of his generation. Some of his audio recordings have survived.

  8. Nanxi (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    In Nanxi opera, as with western operetta, spoken passages alternated with verses (qu 曲) set to popular music. Professional companies of actors performed nanxi in theatres that could hold thousands of spectators. Nanxi had seven role types, many of which were seen in later Chinese opera forms. Sheng were heroic male characters and dan heroines.

  9. Yang Yuelou - Wikipedia

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    Yang Yuelou (1844–17 July 1890) was a Qing dynasty Peking opera artist based in Beijing, who specialized in playing sheng roles, or men. He is probably best known today for his 1873 conviction in Shanghai, under judicial torture, of abducting the daughter of a wealthy comprador. This case drew widespread attention at the time, and much later ...