Yu Ji in Peking Opera belongs to the role of the flower shirt in the Danjiao, which is a type of female character in Peking Opera, which refers to a young female character who already has a family.
As the quintessence of the country, Peking Opera has five major professions, namely Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo and Chou. In the horn of Dan, it is divided into Zhengdan, Hua Dan, Hua Shirt, Dao Ma Dan, Lao Dan and so on.
Yu Ji has a strong personality since she was a child, and she is good at singing and dancing martial arts. Yu Ji married Xiang Yu and followed him to fight in all directions, and when Xiang Yu was besieged by the Han army, he wrote a song "Song of Xia", and they sang while drinking. After Yu Ji finished singing, she drew her sword and killed herself, breaking off her attachment to Xiang Yu in order to inspire the heroism of the overlord, so she left the eternal swan song of farewell to the overlord.
Yu Ji appears as a character in Peking Opera because Peking Opera is one of the important forms of traditional Chinese opera art. The repertoire of Peking Opera is mainly based on Chinese history, literature and legends, and the story of Yu Ji is one of them. Peking Opera showcases Yu Ji's beauty, intelligence, and loyalty through the interpretation of her story.
Yu Ji's story has high artistic value and ornamentation, and her image and plot are very suitable for showing on the stage of drama.