Brief introduction of Peking Opera facial makeup

Peking Opera facial makeup is a special makeup method with China cultural characteristics.

Peking Opera facial makeup is a special makeup method with China cultural characteristics. Because every historical figure or a certain kind of figure has a common score, just like singing and playing music should be based on the score, it is called "Facebook". As for the source of Facebook, it is generally said that it comes from a mask. The facial makeup art of Peking Opera is a favorite art of the majority of opera lovers, which is widely popular at home and abroad and is recognized as one of the symbols of China traditional culture.

Facebook has different situations for different industries. Jianhedan's facial makeup is simple, with a little makeup, and it is known as "handsome dress", "plain face" and "cleansing face". The facial makeup of "Jingxing" and "Ugly Xing" is more complicated, especially "Jingxing", both of which are rich in ink and complex in patterns, so they are called "painting faces". The facial makeup in Chinese drama mainly refers to "clean" facial makeup. And "ugly", because it played a dramatic role, so put a small piece of white powder on the bridge of the nose, commonly known as "little face."

Classification and introduction of Peking Opera facial makeup;

1, the whole face

One color is the main color, exaggerating skin color, and then sketching eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth and delicate facial muscles.

2. Three ceramic tile surfaces

Also known as "three-tile face", it is an exaggerated painting of eyebrows, eyes and nose on the basis of the whole face, and draws two eyebrows and a nose with lines, so it is called "three-tile face". It is divided into "positive three tiles", "pointed three tiles", "waste three tiles" and "old three tiles".

3. Cross frontage and six sides.

The cross frontispiece is developed from three tile faces, which is characterized by reducing three colors into one color bar, which is hooked from the moon door to the nose to symbolize the characters. The main color stripes and eye sockets form a cross, hence the name "cross frontage", which is divided into "flower cross gate" and "old cross gate".

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