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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Mô hình tướng nhỏ - phản diện. (The villain, minor “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng nhỏ - phản diện. (The villain, minor “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Mô hình lão văn, nhã nhặn, khoan thai.(Intellectual “lão” motif that is sophisticated and gentle.)

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This miniature stage recreates the traditional Hat boi stage, known as ‘Vo ca’, built inside a village communal house ‘Dinh’. The Hat boi characters are made with ‘To he’ techniques and materials. To he is a traditional Vietnamese toy that can be a reproduction of animals, flowers, or characters in folk tales made using glutinous rice flour, and is usually made for children during holidays such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Hát bội performances take place during the kỳ yên village festival at the communal house, especially in central and southern Vietnam. The model is made after a võ ca traditional stage built inside the communal house in the Mekong Delta, where hát bội is performed to praise for the village's guardian spirit and to entertain villagers. The model, set as a contextual display as a background for the miniature hát bội characters, is to provide the audience an image of how a traditional hát bội stage in a traditional Southern communal house. A number of characters, such as antagonists Tạ Ôn Đình and Khương Linh Tá will be placed in the middle as if they are in battle to set a scene of a famous play San Hậu. The remaining characters will be placed on both sides of the stages. Text labels will be provided to explain the characters, the stage and the scene of Tạ Ôn Đình fighting with Khương Linh Tá

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This miniature stage recreates the traditional Hat boi stage, known as ‘Vo ca’, built inside a village communal house ‘Dinh’. The Hat boi characters are made with ‘To he’ techniques and materials. To he is a traditional Vietnamese toy that can be a reproduction of animals, flowers, or characters in folk tales made using glutinous rice flour, and is usually made for children during holidays such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Hát bội performances take place during the kỳ yên village festival at the communal house, especially in central and southern Vietnam. The model is made after a võ ca traditional stage built inside the communal house in the Mekong Delta, where hát bội is performed to praise for the village's guardian spirit and to entertain villagers. The model, set as a contextual display as a background for the miniature hát bội characters, is to provide the audience an image of how a traditional hát bội stage in a traditional Southern communal house. A number of characters, such as antagonists Tạ Ôn Đình and Khương Linh Tá will be placed in the middle as if they are in battle to set a scene of a famous play San Hậu. The remaining characters will be placed on both sides of the stages. Text labels will be provided to explain the characters, the stage and the scene of Tạ Ôn Đình fighting with Khương Linh Tá

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This miniature stage recreates the traditional Hat boi stage, known as ‘Vo ca’, built inside a village communal house ‘Dinh’. The Hat boi characters are made with ‘To he’ techniques and materials. To he is a traditional Vietnamese toy that can be a reproduction of animals, flowers, or characters in folk tales made using glutinous rice flour, and is usually made for children during holidays such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Hát bội performances take place during the kỳ yên village festival at the communal house, especially in central and southern Vietnam. The model is made after a võ ca traditional stage built inside the communal house in the Mekong Delta, where hát bội is performed to praise for the village's guardian spirit and to entertain villagers. The model, set as a contextual display as a background for the miniature hát bội characters, is to provide the audience an image of how a traditional hát bội stage in a traditional Southern communal house. A number of characters, such as antagonists Tạ Ôn Đình and Khương Linh Tá will be placed in the middle as if they are in battle to set a scene of a famous play San Hậu. The remaining characters will be placed on both sides of the stages. Text labels will be provided to explain the characters, the stage and the scene of Tạ Ôn Đình fighting with Khương Linh Tá

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Hat boi Folk Opera in Binh Dinh Province, listed in the National ICH List in 2014 The Art of Tuong in Quang Nam, listed in the National ICH List in 2015 Tuong is a traditional classical play based on Vietnamese folk songs, dances, and music, and is also called hat bo, or hat boi. The central themes of Tuong include individual sacrifice for a greater cause, imparting lessons about human behavior, and featuring heroic characters. These themes are portrayed aesthetically throughout the performances. It was performed as entertainment for the king and his men at royal banquets or court ceremonies. Today, state-run theater groups perform in established theaters, and folk theater groups perform for village communities during festivals. In Tuong, the face of each character is painted carefully before the performance. The colors used are mainly white, red, blue or green, and black. The colors and patterns used on the faces have symbolic meanings and representations: a white face symbolizes gentleness and quietness; red stands for wisdom, courage, and staunchness; a striped face signifies an ugly person with a hot temper. Decorating the corners of the nose with a cloud-shaped line is necessary for the role of a king. Miniature statue of tướng male character Tạ Ôn Đình Tướng motif Tướng motif is the character type that inherit some traits on manners, actions, and choreography of kép that is brawny in type: Assertive, swift, powerful singing-dialogues delivery. However, the significant detail to pay attention to is their makeup being made as mask-like, which they are diverse with various stylised expressions. Depends on their role in the play, we have protagonist tướng (the tướng that belongs in the good side and loyal) such as Trịnh Ân, Hoàng Phi Hổ, etc; and villain tướng (the tướng that are evil and vindictive), Ô Lợi Hắc. The motif can also be deeper understood in its level 2 of formation- major tướng and minor tướng. Major tướng includes the traits that are mentioned above, with social standing and hold a crucial role in the plot. Minor tướng, on the contrary, are characters that don't hold crucial position in the script like Châu Thương,) Tiết Quỳ, etc. Miniature statue of đào female character Phàn Phụng Cơ Đào văn Intellectual đào: Has the general traits of đào motif, elegant and graceful manners; innocent singing and dialogues. In which there is “royal đào" being the type of character that participates in official royal affairs. Example: Tạ Nguyệt Kiều. And then “simple đào/hairpin đào” is a peasant character type, or the character that has a prestige origin but fallen into peasantry; she wouldn't have any fancy headwear but only a simple hair pin. Example: Điều Huê Nữ. Miniature statue of lão elderly male character Vương Doãn “Lão” is a term to describe male characters (kép) that are elderly. With their brows and hair are white and gray; unhurried in movements; and a raspy singing-dialogue delivery. Additionally, there are also different techniques to portray their raspy voice delivery that can be categorised as follow: INTELLECTUAL LÃO Include full characteristics of lão motif: white face, gray beard with three/five long smooth branches; educated and sophisticated. Example: Vương Doãn (the play “Phụng Nghi pavillon”); Kiều Quốc cựu (the play “The Beauty from Giang Đông region”); etc. Miniature statue of mụ female character Đồng Mẫu MỤ MOTIF “Mụ” is the type of female character (đào) that is elderly, their makeup tends to be light, with white eyebrows, silver hair, slow in movement; raspy singing-dialogues delivery. The majority of mụ motif are intellectual type, with a gentle and considerate manner. Example: Đổng mẫu (the play “San Hậu”); Dương linh bà (the play “Mộc Quế Anh offers the wood”) despite her origin as a fiery general but often expressed as a prestige and sophisticated woman. Miniature statue of tướng male character Đổng Trác Đổng Trác is a villain, portraited in nịnh motif. Miniature statue of kép male character Lữ Bố “Kép” is a term to describe male characters. Their appearances tend to be young or middle aged male, with a light makeup face (using beard to distinguish). This is a simple makeup style, reserved for characters that are handsome, or ordinary; they tend to be the psychological character that doesn’t need dramatic makeup to express their personality. Following the kép motif is the type of singing technique- with graceful and sophisticated dialogues. The common characters from kép motif (or can be called “kép in white”) are Tiết Đinh San, Tiết Ứng Luông (the play “The Goddess that offers Ngũ Linh flag”) Bá Ấp Khảo (the play “Bá Ấp Khảo”); etc. Miniature statue of đào female character Chung Vô Diệm ĐÀO motif “Đào" is a term to describe female characters. Their appearances tend to be young or middle-aged females, where their makeup tends to be light and their presences are elegant, with innocent singing-dialogue delivery. In đào motif, only the character Chung Vô Diệm, Đào Tam Xuân, and Ngọc Kỳ Lân have their makeup as mask-like, the rest of them all have light makeup face. Đào võ Brawny đào: Possess full traits of đào motif, however she is assertive and stern; powerful singing-dialogue delivery. Example: Thần Nữ; Đoàn Hồng Ngọc; etc. Additionally, the mentioned characters that have mask-like makeup (Chung Vô Diệm, Đào Tam Xuân, Ngọc Kỳ Lân) are a part of brawny đào motif. They are portrayed in a dramatic style to reflect their strong personality and extraordinary talent. Miniature statue of kép male character Phàn Diệm KÉP WITH ANGRY EYES Is a kép motif that has more than just the general traits, but also a more extravagant styling in costuming. They have a red face makeup base; with a white eyes and dramatic eyebrows that are high up to the temple. This dramatic appearance only reflects their extraordinary characters for a teenage boy. Namely characters like Phàn Diệm (the play “San Hậu”); or the character Trịnh n (the play “Sentencing Trịnh n”) that is also a part of kép with angry eyes, but he would have a face makeup colour base in ashy gray or black. This genre of kép with angry eyes, or can be called as “young kép” is often paired with an older character (could be their father- like the characters Phàn Định Công, Trịnh n), their extraordinary appearance foreshadowing the talents that would emerge once they are matured. Miniature statue of kép male character Đổng Kim Lân KÉP IN RED Is a character motif that is based on the characteristics of kép motif (kép in white), however, the base makeup colour of the character tends to be in bright red or reddish pink. This is the character type that is loyal and determined in hát bội aesthetic. Example: Quan Vũ (the play “Battle at Phàn fortress”); Đổng Kim Lân (the play “San Hậu”); Cao Hoài Đức (the play “Sentencing Trịnh Ân”), etc. Miniature statue of yêu đạo turtle master character Dư Hồng Yêu đạo motif Similar like tướng motif, yêu đạo motif has a distinctive dramatic element of hát bội. However, yêu đạo tends to be portrayed as villain characters, in which they possess opposite traits from the protagonist, power abuser, with a sense of justice according to feudal law. Moreover, these characters tend to start off with non-human origins, they’ve honed their magical ability to become human so it made their manners appear animalistic. The character makeups are also suggestive of the manners and symbolism of their background. Examples such as Dư Hồng is originally a red bird that trained itself into human form so the eye makeup mimics a bird motif, with a red face makeup base. The design of yêu đạo/ turtle master tends to use weirdly big eyes to express an eerie manner, big tummy to indicate magic (or it could be called bụng phép), with costume similar to the Taoist monks. Miniature statue of lão elderly male character Phàn Định Công BRAWNY LÃO In appearance, they also shared similarities like the lão motif. If there’s a difference, then it’d be their face makeup base coloured in red. The difference between intellectual lão and brawny lão- their performance manners. Brawny lão would have more decisive and assertive movements, and a more powerful singing-dialogue delivery. SAGGY LÃO Similar to kép with angry eyes motif in kép motif, saggy lão motif is a lão motif that exceeds the usual characteristics and is portrayed in a dramatic styling. With a red face, a white under eye that extends to the cheeks, white beard; hot-headed and decisive. Example: Phàn Định Công (the play “San Hậu”); Trình Giảo Kim (the play “Phàn Lê Huê conquer the Hồng Thủy battle”); etc. Miniature statue of kép male character Khương Linh Tá KÉP IN GREEN / FOREST KÉP / MOUNTAIN KÉP Their face makeup tends to be in faded gray or green; with high eyes and brows (depends on the traditional character design of the region and the troup). This character type tends to have a peasantry manner, down-to-earth, with the colour palette of faded gray and green to indicate a humbling origin as a farming man. Example: Khương Linh Tá (the play “San Hậu”); Châu Sáng (the play “Losing Nam Dương fortress”); etc. Miniature statue of nịnh male character Tạ Lôi Nhược The motif can also be deeper understood in its level 2 of formation- major tướng and minor tướng. Major tướng includes the traits that are mentioned above, with social standing and hold a crucial role in the plot. Minor tướng, on the contrary, are characters that don’t hold crucial position in the script like Châu Thương (the play “Battle at Phàn fortress”) Tiết Quỳ (The play “Tiết Giao steals the pearl”), etc. Tạ Lôi Nhược is a minor tướng character, in combination of feeble nịnh character.

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Mô hình tướng nhỏ - phản diện. (The villain, minor “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng nhỏ - phản diện. (The villain, minor “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Mô hình lão văn, nhã nhặn, khoan thai.(Intellectual “lão” motif that is sophisticated and gentle.)

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Mô hình lão văn, nhã nhặn, khoan thai.(Intellectual “lão” motif that is sophisticated and gentle.)

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This miniature stage recreates the traditional Hat boi stage, known as ‘Vo ca’, built inside a village communal house ‘Dinh’. The Hat boi characters are made with ‘To he’ techniques and materials. To he is a traditional Vietnamese toy that can be a reproduction of animals, flowers, or characters in folk tales made using glutinous rice flour, and is usually made for children during holidays such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Hát bội performances take place during the kỳ yên village festival at the communal house, especially in central and southern Vietnam. The model is made after a võ ca traditional stage built inside the communal house in the Mekong Delta, where hát bội is performed to praise for the village's guardian spirit and to entertain villagers. The model, set as a contextual display as a background for the miniature hát bội characters, is to provide the audience an image of how a traditional hát bội stage in a traditional Southern communal house. A number of characters, such as antagonists Tạ Ôn Đình and Khương Linh Tá will be placed in the middle as if they are in battle to set a scene of a famous play San Hậu. The remaining characters will be placed on both sides of the stages. Text labels will be provided to explain the characters, the stage and the scene of Tạ Ôn Đình fighting with Khương Linh Tá

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This miniature stage recreates the traditional Hat boi stage, known as ‘Vo ca’, built inside a village communal house ‘Dinh’. The Hat boi characters are made with ‘To he’ techniques and materials. To he is a traditional Vietnamese toy that can be a reproduction of animals, flowers, or characters in folk tales made using glutinous rice flour, and is usually made for children during holidays such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Hát bội performances take place during the kỳ yên village festival at the communal house, especially in central and southern Vietnam. The model is made after a võ ca traditional stage built inside the communal house in the Mekong Delta, where hát bội is performed to praise for the village's guardian spirit and to entertain villagers. The model, set as a contextual display as a background for the miniature hát bội characters, is to provide the audience an image of how a traditional hát bội stage in a traditional Southern communal house. A number of characters, such as antagonists Tạ Ôn Đình and Khương Linh Tá will be placed in the middle as if they are in battle to set a scene of a famous play San Hậu. The remaining characters will be placed on both sides of the stages. Text labels will be provided to explain the characters, the stage and the scene of Tạ Ôn Đình fighting with Khương Linh Tá

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This miniature stage recreates the traditional Hat boi stage, known as ‘Vo ca’, built inside a village communal house ‘Dinh’. The Hat boi characters are made with ‘To he’ techniques and materials. To he is a traditional Vietnamese toy that can be a reproduction of animals, flowers, or characters in folk tales made using glutinous rice flour, and is usually made for children during holidays such as Vietnamese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Hát bội performances take place during the kỳ yên village festival at the communal house, especially in central and southern Vietnam. The model is made after a võ ca traditional stage built inside the communal house in the Mekong Delta, where hát bội is performed to praise for the village's guardian spirit and to entertain villagers. The model, set as a contextual display as a background for the miniature hát bội characters, is to provide the audience an image of how a traditional hát bội stage in a traditional Southern communal house. A number of characters, such as antagonists Tạ Ôn Đình and Khương Linh Tá will be placed in the middle as if they are in battle to set a scene of a famous play San Hậu. The remaining characters will be placed on both sides of the stages. Text labels will be provided to explain the characters, the stage and the scene of Tạ Ôn Đình fighting with Khương Linh Tá

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Hat boi Folk Opera in Binh Dinh Province, listed in the National ICH List in 2014 The Art of Tuong in Quang Nam, listed in the National ICH List in 2015 Tuong is a traditional classical play based on Vietnamese folk songs, dances, and music, and is also called hat bo, or hat boi. The central themes of Tuong include individual sacrifice for a greater cause, imparting lessons about human behavior, and featuring heroic characters. These themes are portrayed aesthetically throughout the performances. It was performed as entertainment for the king and his men at royal banquets or court ceremonies. Today, state-run theater groups perform in established theaters, and folk theater groups perform for village communities during festivals. In Tuong, the face of each character is painted carefully before the performance. The colors used are mainly white, red, blue or green, and black. The colors and patterns used on the faces have symbolic meanings and representations: a white face symbolizes gentleness and quietness; red stands for wisdom, courage, and staunchness; a striped face signifies an ugly person with a hot temper. Decorating the corners of the nose with a cloud-shaped line is necessary for the role of a king. Miniature statue of tướng male character Tạ Ôn Đình Tướng motif Tướng motif is the character type that inherit some traits on manners, actions, and choreography of kép that is brawny in type: Assertive, swift, powerful singing-dialogues delivery. However, the significant detail to pay attention to is their makeup being made as mask-like, which they are diverse with various stylised expressions. Depends on their role in the play, we have protagonist tướng (the tướng that belongs in the good side and loyal) such as Trịnh Ân, Hoàng Phi Hổ, etc; and villain tướng (the tướng that are evil and vindictive), Ô Lợi Hắc. The motif can also be deeper understood in its level 2 of formation- major tướng and minor tướng. Major tướng includes the traits that are mentioned above, with social standing and hold a crucial role in the plot. Minor tướng, on the contrary, are characters that don't hold crucial position in the script like Châu Thương,) Tiết Quỳ, etc. Miniature statue of đào female character Phàn Phụng Cơ Đào văn Intellectual đào: Has the general traits of đào motif, elegant and graceful manners; innocent singing and dialogues. In which there is “royal đào" being the type of character that participates in official royal affairs. Example: Tạ Nguyệt Kiều. And then “simple đào/hairpin đào” is a peasant character type, or the character that has a prestige origin but fallen into peasantry; she wouldn't have any fancy headwear but only a simple hair pin. Example: Điều Huê Nữ. Miniature statue of lão elderly male character Vương Doãn “Lão” is a term to describe male characters (kép) that are elderly. With their brows and hair are white and gray; unhurried in movements; and a raspy singing-dialogue delivery. Additionally, there are also different techniques to portray their raspy voice delivery that can be categorised as follow: INTELLECTUAL LÃO Include full characteristics of lão motif: white face, gray beard with three/five long smooth branches; educated and sophisticated. Example: Vương Doãn (the play “Phụng Nghi pavillon”); Kiều Quốc cựu (the play “The Beauty from Giang Đông region”); etc. Miniature statue of mụ female character Đồng Mẫu MỤ MOTIF “Mụ” is the type of female character (đào) that is elderly, their makeup tends to be light, with white eyebrows, silver hair, slow in movement; raspy singing-dialogues delivery. The majority of mụ motif are intellectual type, with a gentle and considerate manner. Example: Đổng mẫu (the play “San Hậu”); Dương linh bà (the play “Mộc Quế Anh offers the wood”) despite her origin as a fiery general but often expressed as a prestige and sophisticated woman. Miniature statue of tướng male character Đổng Trác Đổng Trác is a villain, portraited in nịnh motif. Miniature statue of kép male character Lữ Bố “Kép” is a term to describe male characters. Their appearances tend to be young or middle aged male, with a light makeup face (using beard to distinguish). This is a simple makeup style, reserved for characters that are handsome, or ordinary; they tend to be the psychological character that doesn’t need dramatic makeup to express their personality. Following the kép motif is the type of singing technique- with graceful and sophisticated dialogues. The common characters from kép motif (or can be called “kép in white”) are Tiết Đinh San, Tiết Ứng Luông (the play “The Goddess that offers Ngũ Linh flag”) Bá Ấp Khảo (the play “Bá Ấp Khảo”); etc. Miniature statue of đào female character Chung Vô Diệm ĐÀO motif “Đào" is a term to describe female characters. Their appearances tend to be young or middle-aged females, where their makeup tends to be light and their presences are elegant, with innocent singing-dialogue delivery. In đào motif, only the character Chung Vô Diệm, Đào Tam Xuân, and Ngọc Kỳ Lân have their makeup as mask-like, the rest of them all have light makeup face. Đào võ Brawny đào: Possess full traits of đào motif, however she is assertive and stern; powerful singing-dialogue delivery. Example: Thần Nữ; Đoàn Hồng Ngọc; etc. Additionally, the mentioned characters that have mask-like makeup (Chung Vô Diệm, Đào Tam Xuân, Ngọc Kỳ Lân) are a part of brawny đào motif. They are portrayed in a dramatic style to reflect their strong personality and extraordinary talent. Miniature statue of kép male character Phàn Diệm KÉP WITH ANGRY EYES Is a kép motif that has more than just the general traits, but also a more extravagant styling in costuming. They have a red face makeup base; with a white eyes and dramatic eyebrows that are high up to the temple. This dramatic appearance only reflects their extraordinary characters for a teenage boy. Namely characters like Phàn Diệm (the play “San Hậu”); or the character Trịnh n (the play “Sentencing Trịnh n”) that is also a part of kép with angry eyes, but he would have a face makeup colour base in ashy gray or black. This genre of kép with angry eyes, or can be called as “young kép” is often paired with an older character (could be their father- like the characters Phàn Định Công, Trịnh n), their extraordinary appearance foreshadowing the talents that would emerge once they are matured. Miniature statue of kép male character Đổng Kim Lân KÉP IN RED Is a character motif that is based on the characteristics of kép motif (kép in white), however, the base makeup colour of the character tends to be in bright red or reddish pink. This is the character type that is loyal and determined in hát bội aesthetic. Example: Quan Vũ (the play “Battle at Phàn fortress”); Đổng Kim Lân (the play “San Hậu”); Cao Hoài Đức (the play “Sentencing Trịnh Ân”), etc. Miniature statue of yêu đạo turtle master character Dư Hồng Yêu đạo motif Similar like tướng motif, yêu đạo motif has a distinctive dramatic element of hát bội. However, yêu đạo tends to be portrayed as villain characters, in which they possess opposite traits from the protagonist, power abuser, with a sense of justice according to feudal law. Moreover, these characters tend to start off with non-human origins, they’ve honed their magical ability to become human so it made their manners appear animalistic. The character makeups are also suggestive of the manners and symbolism of their background. Examples such as Dư Hồng is originally a red bird that trained itself into human form so the eye makeup mimics a bird motif, with a red face makeup base. The design of yêu đạo/ turtle master tends to use weirdly big eyes to express an eerie manner, big tummy to indicate magic (or it could be called bụng phép), with costume similar to the Taoist monks. Miniature statue of lão elderly male character Phàn Định Công BRAWNY LÃO In appearance, they also shared similarities like the lão motif. If there’s a difference, then it’d be their face makeup base coloured in red. The difference between intellectual lão and brawny lão- their performance manners. Brawny lão would have more decisive and assertive movements, and a more powerful singing-dialogue delivery. SAGGY LÃO Similar to kép with angry eyes motif in kép motif, saggy lão motif is a lão motif that exceeds the usual characteristics and is portrayed in a dramatic styling. With a red face, a white under eye that extends to the cheeks, white beard; hot-headed and decisive. Example: Phàn Định Công (the play “San Hậu”); Trình Giảo Kim (the play “Phàn Lê Huê conquer the Hồng Thủy battle”); etc. Miniature statue of kép male character Khương Linh Tá KÉP IN GREEN / FOREST KÉP / MOUNTAIN KÉP Their face makeup tends to be in faded gray or green; with high eyes and brows (depends on the traditional character design of the region and the troup). This character type tends to have a peasantry manner, down-to-earth, with the colour palette of faded gray and green to indicate a humbling origin as a farming man. Example: Khương Linh Tá (the play “San Hậu”); Châu Sáng (the play “Losing Nam Dương fortress”); etc. Miniature statue of nịnh male character Tạ Lôi Nhược The motif can also be deeper understood in its level 2 of formation- major tướng and minor tướng. Major tướng includes the traits that are mentioned above, with social standing and hold a crucial role in the plot. Minor tướng, on the contrary, are characters that don’t hold crucial position in the script like Châu Thương (the play “Battle at Phàn fortress”) Tiết Quỳ (The play “Tiết Giao steals the pearl”), etc. Tạ Lôi Nhược is a minor tướng character, in combination of feeble nịnh character.

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Mô hình tướng nhỏ - phản diện. (The villain, minor “tướng" motif.)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Mô hình tướng nhỏ - phản diện. (The villain, minor “tướng" motif.)

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Characters from the play "San Hau" (Vietnamese Hat Boi)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Mô hình “đào võ” có hóa trang lên mặt, khí phách phi phàm. (Brawny “đào" motif with a proud appearance and assertive aura.)

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Common musical instrument in a Hat boi orchestra, includes kèn lá, trống, đàn cò, đàn sến, đàn hồ, đồng lố.

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Common musical instrument in a Hat boi orchestra, includes kèn lá, trống, đàn cò, đàn sến, đàn hồ, đồng lố.

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Common musical instrument in a Hat boi orchestra, includes kèn lá, trống, đàn cò, đàn sến, đàn hồ, đồng lố.

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép in red” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép in red” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép in red” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép in red” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép in red” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép in red” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép in red” motif.)

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Mô hình “mụ văn”, tác phong nhẹ nhàng, chậm rãi. (Intellectual “mụ" motif, elegant and an unhurried attitude.)

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Mô hình “mụ văn”, tác phong nhẹ nhàng, chậm rãi. (Intellectual “mụ" motif, elegant and an unhurried attitude.)

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Mô hình “mụ văn”, tác phong nhẹ nhàng, chậm rãi. (Intellectual “mụ" motif, elegant and an unhurried attitude.)

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Mô hình “mụ văn”, tác phong nhẹ nhàng, chậm rãi. (Intellectual “mụ" motif, elegant and an unhurried attitude.)

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Mô hình “mụ văn”, tác phong nhẹ nhàng, chậm rãi. (Intellectual “mụ" motif, elegant and an unhurried attitude.)

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Mô hình “mụ văn”, tác phong nhẹ nhàng, chậm rãi. (Intellectual “mụ" motif, elegant and an unhurried attitude.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật phản diện, mô hình “nịnh”. (Villain character, “nịnh" motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép xanh”. (The protagonist, “kép in green" motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép xanh”. (The protagonist, “kép in green" motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép xanh”. (The protagonist, “kép in green" motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép xanh”. (The protagonist, “kép in green" motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép xanh”. (The protagonist, “kép in green" motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép xanh”. (The protagonist, “kép in green" motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép xanh”. (The protagonist, “kép in green" motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Mô hình kép “mặt sạch” (hóa trang tối giản). (“Kép” with a light face (simple makeup) motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Nhân vật chính diện, mô hình “kép tròng xéo đỏ”. (The protagonist, “kép with angry eyes” motif.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình lão võ tác phong nhanh nhẹn, nóng nảy, chính nghĩa. (“Lão” motif with swifting movements, hot-headed, and virtuous.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, tends to be elegant and charming.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Mô hình “yêu đạo” - phản diện. (The villain, “yêu đạo” motif.)

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Là sự kết hợp giữa “kép đỏ” và tướng. (A combination between two motifs of “kép in red" and tướng (the General).

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Mô hình “Đào văn”, mệnh phụ quyền quý, tác phong đoan trang, dịu dàng. (Intellectual “đào" motif, a powerful women, with elegance and charm.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình tướng lớn - phản diện. (The villain, major “tướng" motif.)

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Mô hình lão văn, nhã nhặn, khoan thai.(Intellectual “lão” motif that is sophisticated and gentle.)

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Mô hình lão văn, nhã nhặn, khoan thai.(Intellectual “lão” motif that is sophisticated and gentle.)

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Mô hình lão văn, nhã nhặn, khoan thai.(Intellectual “lão” motif that is sophisticated and gentle.)