Information about Sichuan Opera Face Changing!

Sichuan Opera is one of the Han Chinese operas, popular in east-central Sichuan, Chongqing and parts of Guizhou and Yunnan. Sichuan opera face changing, is an important part of the performing art of Sichuan opera, is the successive generations of Sichuan opera artists **** with the creation and inheritance of the artistic treasures. It is one of the stunts of Sichuan Opera performance, used to reveal the inner heart of the characters in the play and the changes of thoughts and emotions. In the performance of Sichuan Opera, with the twists and turns of the plot, the emotions of the characters also change accordingly, and the Sichuan Opera Face Changing transforms the invisible and insensible abstract emotions and psychological states into visible and sensible concrete images - face paint. Sichuan Opera Face Changing is a kind of stunt used for characterization in the art of Sichuan Opera. It is a romantic abstractionist technique to reveal the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play. Because of its new, strange, fast and cool features, Sichuan Opera face-changing has become a hot trend in recent years.

Face-changing is a performance masterpiece of Sichuan local opera, which was produced in the 1930s, and was first used in the traditional opera "The House of Returning to the Righteousness", in which a chivalrous man named Bei Rong changed his face several times for the sake of saving people's lives, and since then, this novel way of performance has been carried on. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Sichuan Opera entered a period of prosperity, with many famous actors and actresses. Among them, Kang Zilin (1870-1930 A.D.) and Cao Junchen (1882-1946 A.D.) were renowned for their roles as scholar and soldier. In retrospect, it was during the artistic competition and exchange between these two men that the "thread-pulling and face-changing" technique, which is now so popular in the performing arts circle, was born.

That is to say, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong, Jiaqing years, every time the New Year festivals, in Sichuan townships and villages at the pier at the forest of temples will be set up to celebrate the stage, and over time, the Sichuan Opera on the streets and lanes and alleys in the gradual development of the climate. Qing Dynasty "two lakes fill Sichuan", for the culture of Shu brought a lot of new elements, Kun, Gao, Hu, bomb, lamps, the cavity troupe convergence into the major cities of Sichuan in the restaurant in the neighborhood, raw, Dan, net, the end of the clowns with the debut of the teahouse on the stage, and gradually formed over time with the style of the ****, the end of the Qing Dynasty collectively called the In the late Qing Dynasty, it was collectively known as "Chuan Opera", which was later renamed as "Chuanju".

Sichuan Opera's "face-changing" is known as a "national treasure, a masterpiece, a spectacle", face-changing artists, a twist of the head, a wave of the hand, black face, white face, flowery face, red face, face, ghost face, swish swish swish a dozen faces can be changed out. There are reports that the fastest speed of the face-changing artists can be reached, 270 one second can change a face, or mighty and righteous, or hideous, or funny and amusing, any viewer how to gaze at the eyes can not see the slightest flaw, after seeing, all marveled at. Tian Han said in the early 1940s after watching: "Sichuan opera about face-changing and other specialties, I do not know why."

Face-changing is as important to Sichuan opera as fire-breathing is to Qinqiang, and it is a signature skill!

There are many places in Chengdu where Sichuan Opera face-changing performances are held, and given the low quality of many performances, we recommend a few more authentic performances:

First of all, the Shu Feng Ya Yun Theater is the predecessor to the folk of a Sichuan Opera opera class, and some years ago, in order to meet the need for tourism and cultural needs and development of tourism, the theater gathered several famous actors in the industry of Sichuan Opera and showed a variety of Sichuan Opera Ming Ming Jiu, with a stronger ornamental, in the Sichuan opera industry has a very good reputation.

And the Jinjiang Theater is often characterized by traditional Sichuan opera to see, a lot of middle-aged and elderly people like to come here, watch a Sichuan opera, drink a cup of tea, is really a kind of enjoyment ah. The show is very exciting, face changing and fire-breathing have, very worth a look, very distinctive. Sichuan opera face changing show, the effect is very good, the plot is complete, the climax falls, the stage effect is beautiful.

Chengdu Jinli Three States Tea Garden is even more famous for performing traditional specialties of Sichuan opera face changing and tea ceremony, the garden is full of tourists. The Furongmen Sichuan Opera performers have long been performing the specialty Sichuan Opera Face Changing at the place, and their performances are authentic, with ups and downs, realistic stage effects and a strong Sichuan Opera atmosphere. While watching the Sichuan Opera Face Changing, you can also see the Tea Show of Long Mouth Pot at the same time. Drinking a cup of Hibiscus Gate's special tea "Hibiscus Green Snow" is not only an audio-visual feast, but also an enjoyment of taste and smell.

The Sichuan Opera Face Changing is a kind of stunt used in the art of Sichuan Opera to portray characters. It is a kind of romanticism that reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play. According to legend, "face-changing" is an ancient practice in which human beings face fierce beasts and draw different forms of their faces in different ways in order to survive and scare the invading beasts. Sichuan Opera puts "face-changing" on the stage and makes it a unique art with its marvelous skills.

In contrast to the origins and breadth of the art of Sichuan opera, the face-changing technique took shape in the 20th century. During this period, the art of face-changing was constantly explored, evolved, and refined in the opera troupe's duets, and gradually became one of the major features of Sichuan Opera. The tragedy of Sichuan Opera is very unique, comedy is unique, wherever the emotional twists and turns, inner changes, face changing has a place, it is a grotesque and hideous facial changes to show the character's inner rhythms can not be named, as a very unique expression of the character's heart, undoubtedly greatly increase the expressive power of the Sichuan Opera itself, and every and the famous actor performs face-changing, it is often brewed into an explosion of the trouble. It can be seen, the people of this extreme good-looking juggling work is recognized by the heart and soul.

The emotional makeup of Chinese opera. Face-changing was first used for the role of gods and monsters, which existed in the Ming Dynasty. There is a record of "changing the green face" in the Ming miscellaneous opera "Gunkou Erlang Chopping Jianjiao". At that time, face-changing was done by actors who went backstage to change their costumes. In later times, it was transformed into on-the-spot face-changing, which became a performance stunt, and it is found in many local operas, with Sichuan Opera being the most famous. There are two types of face-changing: big face-changing and small face-changing. The big face-changing is to change the whole face, with 3, 5 or even 9 changes; the small face-changing is a partial face-changing. Face-changing requires quick movements without revealing any traces. It is mainly used for the sudden change of emotions such as panic, despair and anger of the characters in the play.

In Sichuan Opera, face-changing is a kind of romanticism technique to reveal the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play. As the face has its remarkable and typical qualities to illustrate the character's loyalty, treachery and evilness, the actor changes his face without the audience noticing, emphasizing the character's personality and the development of his feelings, and it is an astonishing technique to turn the invisible and imperceptible abstraction into the visible and perceptible concrete thing.

The techniques of face-changing are roughly divided into three kinds: "wiping the face", "blowing the face" and "pulling the face". In addition, there is also a "luck" face-changing.

"Wipe the face" is the makeup oil paint on a specific part of the face, when the time to use the hand to the face, you can turn into another kind of face. If you want to change the whole face, you can apply the paint to the forehead or eyebrows, and if you want to change only the lower part of the face, you can apply the paint to the face or nose. If only one part of the face is to be changed, the oil paint can be applied only to the place where it is to be changed. For example, Hsu Hsien in "White Snake", Pei Yu in "Release Pei", Chen Lun in "Flying Cloud Sword", etc. all use the technique of "wiping the face".

All in all, face-changing is an excellent technique in Sichuan Opera, which has been borrowed by other brother operas and has been spread abroad.

In 1987, the Ministry of Culture officially issued a document listing the art of face-changing in Sichuan Opera as a second-class state secret, which is also the only state secret in the Chinese theater industry. According to the regulations of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Preservation of State Secrets, those who intentionally or negligently disclose it under serious circumstances will be held criminally liable.

Sichuan Opera always makes people feel mysterious and unpredictable, that a colorful face is how to be uncovered layer by layer? Uncovered down the face and how to be changed away? Is face-changing a magic trick? Or is it a stunt?

The process of figuring out a face-changing stunt begins with learning how to make masks and clothes. For face changers, costumes and props are crucial and are specially made. A good mask is the first prop for face-changing, and a good mask should not only be beautiful, but also flawless. A good mask should not only be beautiful, but also flawless. However, if the mask is not suitable for the face, it will affect the beauty of the face and the speed of the face-changing process. There is a way to make a face mask by taking a mold and painting the mask on the mold, so that the mask is painted as if it was painted on your own face. And then put on the face made in this way is surprisingly so tight.

The props of face-changing are not only the masks, but also the clothes, and the secret of face-changing is hidden in the clothes.

The costumes of face-changing are specially made, and many places must use special materials. And the clothes are full of holes from the back, as if they have been swept by a machine gun. But this is something that is needed in the performance, and it is also the mystery of face-changing. A face changer, his costume, his props are very crucial. A second and a half to change three faces, and no flaws, face-changing is higher than magic.

Sichuan Opera face painting costume, its exquisite and artistic, no less than the Beijing Opera, net and ugly have face painting, ugly face painting is in the bridge of the nose on the white square, people called "chemical nose bridge", there are positive characters and negative characters, moral Zhuang in harmony. Jiejiao, also known as Huafang, has a colorful and distinctive face, with black representing firmness and uprightness, white representing treachery and viciousness, red representing loyalty and courage, green representing chivalry and righteousness, blue representing strength and perseverance, yellow representing cruelty and tyranny, and gold and silver faces representing sacredness and majesty. Historically, there were no full-time face painters in Sichuan Opera, and actors drew their own faces. Under the premise of maintaining the basic characteristics of the characters in the play, actors could creatively draw faces according to their own characteristics to attract the audience's attention.

In addition, Sichuan opera face painting has historically been handed down in the form of "master with apprentice", in which the master paints the face and teaches the apprentice orally. It is both the oral teaching and the winning formula, so the history of Sichuan opera face painting lack of paper image records.

Liu Changwei

Founder of Chengdu Furongmen, Liu Changwei learned Sichuan Opera at the age of 12 from his grandfather, Liu Zhonggui, who taught him how to draw and paint faces, as well as how to perform the Lion Dance and Tea Dance. His grandfather, Liu Zhonggui, learned and practiced all the skills of the jianghu arts from his childhood. He later taught Liu Changwei all of these skills, which were in danger of being lost. In order to pass down his grandfather's traditional skills, Liu founded the Hibiscus Sect, inspired by Li Bai's poem, "Hibiscus is made from clear water, naturally unadorned".

After gaining a foothold in the art of kung fu tea with a long-spouted pot, he took a different approach by specializing in Sichuan Opera face-changing, and the success of his first Sichuan Opera face-changing performance made him firm in his determination to pursue the art. He insisted on changing the original rigid face-changing movements and techniques through innovation, and to go to the next level on the basis of traditional face-changing. Liu Changwei's face-changing movements are clean and sharp, his techniques are exquisite, his pace is vigorous, and every face he changes is wonderful. Liu Changwei's wonderful performances have conquered countless audiences, both at home and abroad. Liu Changwei in the Sichuan opera face changing and long mouth pot pot kung fu tea art of these two industries have been 15 years of dedicated research, pro-teaching disciples more than 200 people around the world.