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Chinese Opera Jing is also known as hualian, a role with a painted face, who is a man of special character, features and personality. Jing is further divided into wenjing (civilian type) and wujing (warrior type) . Wenjing must lay particular emphasis on singing and wujing on acrobatic fighting. Chinese Opera The face of a jing role is painted with a variety of coloured patterns which are not only an artistic exaggeration but also an indication of the personality of the character. Chinese Opera Chou (clown) is also called xiaohualian , or sanhualian . A chou may