
The Lianpu’s colors usually represent a characteristic. The eyes, foreheads, and cheeks are often painted like butterfly wings, swallows, and bats.

Particular formats of the facial painting are used when it comes to color, type, and shape. That’s why it is also known as ‘the picture of hearts’. The professional spectators can easily tell the characteristic of a role since the artists use transformative and exaggerated figures. Lianpu, which is colorful dressing on the faces of the actors and actresses, is formed through the long-term practice and understanding, as well as the judgment of the different roles in the plays. The man named Zhangsheng in ‘The Story of the West Room’ is an example of a Xiao Sheng. On the other hand, Xiao Sheng pertains to a young man that has no beard. One example is ‘Empty City Scheme’s Zhugeliang. Lao Sheng pertains to the middle-aged man with a beard who performs as the decency figure. This is the common name of the opera’s male characters usually composed of Lao Sheng and Xiao Sheng. The Main Roles in a Peking Opera Performance Sheng

It made several ‘firsts’ in Chinese dramas such as the number of artists, the abundance of repertoires as well as opera troupes and spectators. Peking Opera, also known as the “Beijing Opera”, is the biggest opera in China originating from 160 years ago. Peking Opera, aka the Beijing Opera, is a 200-years old show originated from the southern Anhui and eastern Hubei, which uses speech, song, dance, and combat.
