Old students are also called bearded students, normal students or bearded students. The proper name of beard in Chinese opera is "Zhukou". Old students mainly play men over middle age, singing and chanting with their own voices (real voices). Old students are basically three locks of black beard, called "black three"
There is also a gray one, that is, three locks of white beard, which is technically called "Qu San". Three locks of white beard are called "white three" There is also a full beard, regardless of the lock, technically called "full."
According to the original tradition of China opera, whether it is all black or all 3333, it does not belong to the category of old people's drama. Only those who wear black three are real old students. Other roles are populated by the Last row or the Outer row. Now "the end" and "the outside" have been merged into the business of the elderly, and the role played by the elderly has been greatly expanded, so there is no difference.
Old students are generally divided into civilian and military positions. From the focus of the performance, it can be divided into several categories: singing old students, working old students, and martial arts old students. Singers are also called "An Gong Lao Sheng", mainly singing.
In Beijing opera, there is another trade-Hongsheng, which should also belong to the category of old students. Hongsheng refers to an old student with a red face and a red face painted on his face. There are not many such roles, mainly Guan Yu and Zhao Kuangyin.
In the past, some of these roles were answered by Hualian, so they were also called red spirits. Later, the number of people to be hired by Hualian decreased gradually, and most of them were played by old classmates or even Wu Sheng, so now they are basically called Hong Sheng. Hongsheng is a specialized business in the business of old students.