two performers, where a corrupt officer, Canjun or the adjutant, was ridiculed by a jester named Grey Hawk (??). The characters in Canjun Opera are thought to be the forerunners of the fixed role categories of later Chinese opera, particularly of its comic chou (?) characters.

Various song and dance dramas developed during the Six Dynasties period. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, a masked dance called the Big Face (??, which