The traditional Chinese script of opera characters is introduced as follows:
The stroke order of opera: horizontal stroke, dot, horizontal stroke, oblique hook, stroke, dot.
"Drama" originally originated from sacrificial activities. It is also a ritual before military operations. This was a common phenomenon before the Qin Dynasty unified writing. The word "dou" from which the word "play" in bronze inscriptions of the Western Zhou Dynasty comes from may be replaced by "kou". The derived "虍" may be complicated into "tiger", and the left and right sides of the vertical painting are decorated with "|".
But the composition elements are exactly the same, both like a tiger head and a sword shape in front of the "bean". It is understood that during sacrifices or meals, someone wears a tiger head mask and dances with a sword.
Xiaozhuan summarizes different writing methods and unifies the glyphs. And because the play imitates the actions of fighting and hunting, it is not real life, so it is called a play, which is extended to entertainment activities such as acting, singing, dancing, and acrobatics.
Related examples:
1. Dad didn’t come back until about ten o’clock at night. As soon as he came in, he was looking for food everywhere. I was really hungry today! I saw that his whole body was covered with oil, and his face was smeared like a big painted face of an opera singer.
2. After resting, we walked to Tao Gongju. There was a large singing platform outside Tao Gongju. I think it was where the villagers listened to the opera.
3. Grandpa also has his own hobbies. He likes to listen to operas, sing operas, play chess, read newspapers, etc.
4. I think it makes sense, and suddenly I thought, Menyoupin is also a stage name. If he could also sing, he could probably play a Yaksha or something like that.
5. In the first month, the village is really lively with Yangko dancing and opera singing.
6. If there is no audience, whether you are talking, singing or cursing, it will be very tiring and boring.
7. Liu Baoquan also performed in science opera and learned opera from Sun Yuqing, a veteran Peking Opera student of the Beijing Sixi Troupe. However, he gave up singing because he could not pass the test of head-cutting.
8. In order to fulfill his wish, he invited the Gezi Opera Troupe to perform an opera to thank God.
9. There were noisy gongs and drums on the street, and it was very lively. There were people walking on stilts, some singing, and some opera singers.
10. Because there was really no clothes that I could wear, the teacher chose an opera-like dress for me.