Sichuan opera changes its face and inherits traditional culture. Is there a genre for Sichuan Opera to change its face?

Sichuan Opera is a traditional drama in China and one of the Han operas. Sichuan Opera is mainly popular in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Guizhou. As we all know, the most important part of Sichuan opera performance is the facial makeup of Sichuan opera, which is an artistic treasure handed down from generation to generation by Sichuan opera artists.

Many people think that the face-changing of Sichuan Opera is also divided into artistic schools. In fact, the face-changing of Sichuan Opera is only a performance skill, and there is no artistic genre. The stunt of changing face in Sichuan Opera is used to reveal the emotional changes of the characters in the play, that is, to express all kinds of abstract emotions and psychological thoughts in people's hearts that cannot be described and perceived through the concrete facial images that can be seen and perceived. There is also a legend that in ancient times, people met very fierce beasts, and in order to survive, they would show their faces in different ways, trying to scare them away by changing their faces like this.

Generally speaking, there are three kinds of face-changing in Sichuan Opera: wiping face, blowing face and pulling face. To wipe your face is to apply various colors of oil paints to your forehead and eyebrows. If you change the lower part of your face, paint your face or nose. Blowing face is outlined with powdered cosmetics, such as gold powder, toner and so on. Sometimes there will be a small box on the stage, which will contain such powder. When an actor changes his face, he will throw the powder in the box on his face through the action of falling to the ground, and his face will become another color. Pulling a face is the most complicated way to change your face. Draw your face on the silk in advance, then tie the silk with silk thread and stick it on your face. The other end of the silk thread is placed in an inconspicuous position. Then, with the change of the plot, the actor will tear off the silk under the cover of action, thus realizing the face change.

Therefore, the face-changing in Sichuan Opera is only a kind of performance stunt, and there is no genre distinction, but it is achieved according to the needs of the plot. This skill has been handed down from generation to generation and has become a very valuable traditional culture in China.