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Dan (female)
Dan is a general term in Peking Opera for all female roles. According to the character's age, status, personality and acting style, the Dan role is further divided into the Zhengdan (also called Qingyi, always clothed in a black costume), Huadan (a maiden or a young woman who is either vivacious
or shrewish with a frank and open personality), Daomadan, Wudan, Laodan and Caidan.
Sun Shangxiang
Happy Union Between Dragon and Phoenix
Paying Homage by the River
Sun Shangxiang was the younger sister of Sun Quan, king of the State of Wu, and wife of Liu Bei, king of the State of Shu, in the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280). In the trick planned by Sun Quan to reclaim Jingzhou by seducing Liu Bei to the marriage with his sister, Sun Shangxiang became the
innocent victim serving as the bait to lure Liu to the State of Wu. With approval of Sun's mother, she was married to Liu Bei on the contrary to the intention of the trick. Their marriage was praised as the "Happy Union Between Dragon and Phoenix".
Not long after her marriage with Liu Bei, Sun Shangxiang was called back by her brother Sun Quan with invented reason and was held custody in the State of Wu. Upon hearing the sad news of Liu Bei's death, she went to the riverside and drowned herself after paying homage to Liu Bei.
Repertoire: Happy Union Between Dragon and Phoenix, Paying Homage by the River
Diao Chan
Diao Chan was a girl singer in the residence of Wang Yun, loyal minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). To help Wang Yun implement his plan of wiping out Dong Zhuo, the evil minister, Diao Chan offered to help by seducing Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo one by one with her beauty. The two men were
brought into fierce rivalry by the increasing misunderstanding deliberately provoked by Diao. With Diao's further effort in distancing the two men, Lu Bu finally killed Dong Zhuo.
Repertoire: Lu Bu and Diao Chan
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