human
How does Beijing Opera use traditional Chinese string instruments and percussion instruments to enhance the acting?
assistant
Beijing Opera uses traditional Chinese string instruments and percussion instruments to enhance the acting. The acting is based on allusion: gestures, footwork, and other body movements express such actions as riding a horse, rowing a boat, or opening a door. Spoken dialogue is divided into recitative and Beijing colloquial speech, the former employed by serious characters and the latter by young females and clowns.