Which role in Beijing Opera do you like best? Sheng, Dan, quiet or ugly? Why?

Born with a role. Students are generally plain-looking, which is called "handsome" in the industry jargon, that is, dressing handsome. Old students have beards.

Life is pure and ugly, and drama is like life. Shang refers to the classification of characters in traditional Chinese opera, which is divided into four basic types according to traditional habits: life, Dan, purity and ugliness.

20 15 With the motion and support of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, photographer Ti Xiaowei spent more than two years shooting 100 portraits of Chinese Peking Opera figures, covering all walks of life, beauty and ugliness, and many schools of Peking Opera. Different from the black-and-white portrait close-ups used in the film, this series uses large-format color film to shoot, which not only pays attention to the typical scenes of typical plays, but also pays attention to the gestures and movements of actors. Let the audience appreciate the quintessence of Chinese culture through the photographer's lens and perceive traditional culture from another angle.

The beauty of Peking Opera lies in the exaggerated and freehand stage presentation of people of different ages, personalities and identities. No matter which role or occupation, it is the actor's careful interpretation. May you walk into Beijing Opera, feel the quintessence of Chinese culture and taste the drama life.