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(旦, female), "Sheng" (生, male) and "Chou" (丑, Clown), were introduced. Yuan dynasty opera exists today as Cantonese opera. Beijing opera or Peking opera ( s=京剧|t=京劇|p=Jīngjù ...

The Chou (丑) is a male clown role. The Chou usually plays secondary roles in a troupe. Wichmann, 12. Indeed, most studies of Beijing opera classify the Chou as a minor role. The name of the role is a homophone of the ...