The expansive territory of China has engendered many schools of regional operas, among which, Peiping opera and Cantonese opera are of the same origin. Thus, the roles, stylized movements, make-up and costumes of these two schools of opera are roughly the same.
中國的地方大，地方戲曲特別多，粵劇是其中的一支，生、旦、淨、末、丑等各種角色都和國劇相差無幾，各種抽象化及象徵性的動作、化妝、服裝也相同。