Roles in Peking Opera


Updated: 2007-05-31 09:41

Chou (comic role which means clown), a wise and funny man usually with low social status, is divided into wen chou and wu chou. The former can read and write well, and the latter can fight.

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Wen Chou

Wu Chou


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