在京剧艺术近二百年的发展史中,老旦作为独立行当的出现、形成到发展,比老生、青衣、花脸等行当都晚,而且在早期的京剧中,没有专职的老旦演员,多是由老生或丑角演员兼演,但通过前辈演员的精心创造,悉心揣摩,不断完善,终于形成了独立的行当,并在京剧艺术中占据越来越重要的位置 In the history of Peking Opera’s art for nearly two hundred years, Laodan emerged as an independent business and formed into a development. It was later than the prehistoric students, Tsing Yi and painted faces. In the early Peking Opera, there was no full-time Laodan actor, mostly composed of Elder or harlequin actors and actresses, but through the careful creation of senior actors, carefully try to figure out, continuous improvement, and finally formed an independent business, and occupy an increasingly important position in the art of Peking Opera