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Guo Lu 郭露

1.Beijing Opera combines music, acrobatic dance, and spectacular costumes to tell stories from Chinese history and floklore. Using abstract, symbolic gestures rich in dramatic meaning, actors represent personages from the heroic, divine, and animal worlds, often in martial exploits. The traditional features of the masklike makeup and elaborate costumes immediately identify the characters to a knowing audience.

京剧结合音乐，杂技舞蹈和壮观的服饰，讲述中国历史和民间传说的故事。 演员使用富有戏剧性意义的抽象，象征性手势，代表了英雄，神圣和动物界的人物，常常是在武术中使用。 面具般的妆容和精致服装的传统特征立即为认识的观众标识了角色。

2. 梅兰，艺名梅兰芳 ，是中国现代戏剧中著名的京剧演员。梅兰芳被称为“京剧大师”。他以女性角色“旦”而出名，尤其以青衣为主，即年轻或中年的优雅女子。梅兰芳和尚小云、程砚秋、荀慧生一起，被誉为“四大名旦”。

Mei Lan, better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was a notable Peking opera artist in modern Chinese theater. Mei was known as "Queen of Peking Opera". Mei was exclusively known for his female lead roles (dan) and particularly his "verdant-robed girls" (qingyi), young or middle-aged women of grace and refinement. He was considered one of the "Four Great Dan", along with Shang Xiaoyun, Cheng Yanqiu, and Xun Huisheng.