How to categorize opera costumes, traditional theater costumes introduction

It is said that life is like a play, different encounters are different opera, some people take the stage to sing out hope, some people take the stage but sang out of the disappointment. Do not expect to meet in how wonderful environment how wonderful another self, to learn to applaud yourself, you know how to categorize the costume of the opera? This issue of the opera book for you to reveal.

Royal hat

Opera helmet. Also known as the "king hat" or "hall hat". For the Emperor's special hat in the play. Hat shape slightly round, low before and after the high, gold bottom, cast on the gold dragon, decorated with yellow pom-poms, after a pair of wings towards the sky, the left and right hang yellow spikes.

Yarn hat

Opera helmet. The cap is slightly rounded, low in front and high in the back, pure black. Square wings inserted on both sides, played for the corner of the loyal and positive civil officials wear. Such as the "group of heroes" in the Lu Su; inserted pointed wings for the net angle played by the evil people wear. Such as "four soldiers" in the Gu read; inserted round wings for the ugly role played by the civil official to wear.

Python

Opera costumes. Round neck, large lapel, large sleeves, long and feet, full of embroidery: the upper part of the cloud dragon, the lower part of the sea water, for the traditional opera emperor and generals of the public dress. There are also male pythons and female pythons. Female python is shorter, embroidered with dragons and phoenixes, worn by consorts and noble women.

Generally speaking, the emperor wore a yellow python robe; bureaucrats wear, to red python for the noble; character of the rough service black python, blue python; young and elegant service white python, pink python; older service bronze or incense color python. Whether wearing a male python, female python, should be waist around the jade belt.

Official clothes

Opera costumes. Traditional opera in the official clothes, style and python with a round neck and lapel, no full-body embroidery, only in front of the chest and the back of the heart of the square patch each one, embroidered cranes and other birds, colors such as purple, red, blue, black and so on. According to the size of the official rank, respectively, the prime minister, such as the state of the old purple, inspectors, such as the House Road with red, such as the magistrate with blue, black for the post official to wear, also known as plain clothes. Women's official clothes are slightly shorter than men's official clothes, the color has red, autumn fragrance color 2 kinds. Red official clothes for the first lady to wear, but also as a traditional wedding dress.

Arrow clothes

Opera costumes. Round neck, lapel, horseshoe sleeves or open sleeves, front and back slits waist, long and feet. Originally for the Qing dynasty official clothes, for the opera stage from the emperor, senior generals, down to the general warrior, green characters can wear. It is divided into dragon arrows (embroidered with dragons and seawater), flower arrows (embroidered with flowers) and plain arrows. Dragon arrows for the emperor and senior generals to wear; flower arrows for general generals to wear; plain arrows have black, blue and other colors, for the official, the old army to wear.

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Opera costumes. Also known as "armor". Traditional theater attire for military generals. Round neck, tight sleeves, long and feet, divided into two pieces before and after, up and down and both shoulders embroidered scale pattern or d pattern, the middle of the belly slightly broad, hard, raised, embroidered tiger head pattern or dragon pattern, between the back of the back of a tiger head-shaped back of the tiger shells, can be inserted into four triangular on the flag, the legs of two leg guards, for the back of the card. There are two kinds of soft and hard leaning, soft leaning without leaning flag. According to the character's personality, identity, age and face differentiate the color of the leaning. Female leaning from the waist and feet decorated with dozens of colorful ribbons, chest plus heart mirror.

Plume

The ornament on the helmet worn by the characters in the traditional opera, i.e. pheasant tail. Pair inserted on both sides of the helmet, can increase the beauty, the actor used to perform a variety of beautiful dance movements, expressing the thoughts and feelings of the characters. Used in the traditional theater in the king, generals, mountain king, goblins and so on. Some heroic young generals, such as Lu Bu, Zhou Yu, etc. also wear.

Helmet

The general name for all kinds of crowns and hats worn by characters in traditional opera. Roughly divided into four categories: crown, helmet, scarf, hat. Crown for the emperor, aristocrats hat; helmet, worn by military personnel; scarf, mostly soft, belonging to the casual wear; hat category is more complex, from the emperor to straw hat, a variety of names. Wear with the helmet with many accessories, such as extra horse harnessed by the side of a team wings, plumes, foxtails and so on. Helmet according to the identity of the characters, gender, age and other different and separate use.

Boots

The traditional opera commonly used high-top or long-top shoes. There are a variety of types, there are high square, towards the square, fast boots, tiger boots and so on. High-square that is, thick-soled boots, high-waisted, square head, bottom thickness of two or three inches, black satin, white bottom, for the role of raw, net wear python, official clothes, leaning for solemn and majestic dress wear. The square bottom is slightly thinner, and is generally worn by ugly officials and literati. The boots are semi-high-waisted, with thin soles. Tiger boots decorated with tiger head pattern on the front, mostly for the martial arts student to wear, easy to open the fight.

Sin clothes sin skirt

An opera costume. Also known as sin clothes pants. Standing collar, lapel, plain sleeves, red, cloth, for the traditional opera criminals special clothing.