Daoma Dan
Daoma Dan (刀马旦) are young female warriors. The name Daoma Dan, meaning "sword and horse dan", indicates the style of performance which usually involves horse riding with a spear. This category is superficially similar to Wu Dan (武旦) but there is a difference. Daoma Dan do not fight as much as Wu Dan. They do more stunts and dancing with the spear or whatever weapons they have. Daoma Dan need to sing, which is performed while dancing or doing stunts and requires great stamina. Daoma Dan usually wear female warrior costumes with the flags behind. Examples of Daoma Dan are Liang Hongyu and Mu Guiying. Daoma dan (刀马旦) is also the original Chinese title of the 1986 Hong Kong film Peking Opera Blues, directed by Tsui Hark.
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