The Peony Pavilion
The Guimen Dan (, "boudoir-door role") is the role of the virtuous lady. They are usually young and unmarried women that have high social status. Guimen Dan focus more on singing and they have little movement. They sing in a very high pitched and piercing voice. Opera schools in China have difficulty recruiting students for this kind of role, since it requires a good voice, good looks, and a good height. The most famous Guimen Dan of the last century was Mei Lanfang. Examples of Guimen roles are Du Liniang (杜丽娘) from "The Peony Pavilion" (牡丹亭) and Wang Baochuan (王宝钏）from "Wujiapo" (武家坡).