Peking opera genres mainly indicate the performing art styles and artistic features of actors, and this kind of style characteristic can be spread very widely, and different genres appear as time goes, which is an inevitable outcome of the artistic development.

Furthermore, the formation of variety of genres reflects the prosperity of art. At the period of the development of peking opera, the genre art presents different features. At the beginning of peking opera, the genre art presents different places and different artists speaks different local cultures.

Three master actors of peking opera are Cheng Changgeng,Yu Sansheng and Zhang erdkui, who express their own different characteristics in peking opera genres. With the development of peking opera genres, Huguang accent was gradually increased in the art consensus level, and Zhongzhou Yun of a series of the art was officially confirmed.

Besides, the development of peking opera genres was towards the acting craft specialization. In the period of Tan Xinpei, personal style of Tan was created, which has ever been the most popular, the most widely spread and the most influential old genre with the main feature of comprehensive skill and also emphasized the personal character.

Moreover, the development of peking opera genres also promoted the construction of the integral pattern of peking opera art. In the middle period of the development of peking opera, it became the individual performance style, which enhanced the art of philosophical idea.

Up to now, the development of peking opera genres will tend to become the more detailed division and has a higher degree of specialization.