What happened to the magic face change?

Changing face is a stunt used in shaping characters in Sichuan Opera. Revealing the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play is a romantic technique.

According to legend, "changing face" means that in order to survive, ancient humans sketched their faces in different ways to scare off the invading beasts. Sichuan Opera puts "changing face" on the stage, making it a unique art with wonderful skills.

Generally speaking, there are three ways to change your face: "wipe your face", "blow your face" and "pull". In addition, there is a kind of "luck" face change.

"Wipe your face" is to apply makeup paint to a specific part of your face, and then wipe it on your face with your hands to become another face. If you want to change everything, draw it on your forehead or eyebrows. If you just want to change the lower part of your face, draw them on your face or nose. If you only need to change one part, you can only paint the part to be changed. For example, in The Legend of the White Snake, the old ghosts in Pei Li and Fei Yunjian all use the technique of "wiping their faces".

"Face Blowing" is only suitable for powdered cosmetics, such as gold powder, toner and silver powder. Some put a small box on the floor of the stage, which contains powder. When the actor danced on the floor, he took the opportunity to blow his face close to the box, and the powder was sprinkled on his face, which immediately turned into a face of another color. Be sure to pay attention: close your eyes, shut your mouth and hold your breath when blowing. Zizi in Capturing Zizi alive and Le Yangzi in Treating Zhongshan were all transformed by blowing their faces.

"Face-pulling" is a complicated face-changing method. It is to draw a face on a piece of silk in advance, cut it open, tie a silk thread to each face, and then stick it on the face one by one. The silk thread is tied in a convenient and inconspicuous place (such as a belt) in the clothes. As the story progressed, under the cover of dance movements, they were torn down one by one. For example, the bowl in The Legend of the White Snake (Zijin Bowl) can turn seven or eight different faces, such as green, red, white and black. Another example is the thief in The Old Main Building, and Nie Long in Watching Niang Beach. It's hard to pull a face. First, don't have too much glue on your face, lest you tear it off at that time or tear off all the faces at once. Second, the action should be clean and neat, and the fake action should be clever, which can deceive the eyes of the audience.

Another way is to "change your face with luck." Legend has it that when Peng Sihong, a famous actor in Sichuan Opera, played Zhuge Liang in "Empty City Plan", when Qin Gui reported Sima Yi's abdication, he could turn his face from red to white and then from white to green with qigong to show Zhuge Liang's fear after liberation.

Changing face is one of the specialties of Sichuan Opera. The audience is very interested in this. After reading it, everyone was amazed. Revealing the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play is a romantic technique. Turn abstract things that are invisible and intangible into concrete things that are visible and tangible. Liu said: "There are three ways to change the face shape, namely, wiping face, blowing face and pulling face." In addition, there is a kind of "luck" that has changed your face.

"Wipe your face" is to apply makeup paint to a specific part of your face, and then wipe it on your face with your hands to become another face. If you want to change everything, draw it on your forehead or eyebrows. If you just want to change the lower part of your face, draw them on your face or nose. If you only need to change one part, you can only paint the part to be changed. For example, the old ghosts in The Legend of the White Snake, those released from Pei Li, and those in Fei Yunjian all use "wiping their faces".

Face blowing is only suitable for powdered cosmetics, such as gold powder, toner and silver powder. Some put a small box on the floor of the stage, which contains powder. When the actor danced on the floor, he took the opportunity to blow his face close to the box, and the powder was sprinkled on his face, which immediately turned into a face of another color. Be sure to pay attention: close your eyes, shut your mouth and hold your breath when blowing. Zi Zi in monster hunt, Le Yangzi in Treating Zhongshan, etc. used "blowing faces" when changing faces. In "Take My Son alive", the powder is put in a glass.

"Face-pulling" is a complicated face-changing method. It is to draw a face on a piece of silk in advance, cut it open, tie a silk thread to each face, and then stick it on the face one by one. Silk threads are tied in convenient and inconspicuous places (such as belts) of clothes, and they are torn off one by one with the need of performance and under the cover of dance movements. First, don't have too much glue on your face, lest you tear it off at that time or tear off all the faces at once. Second, the action should be clean and neat, and the fake action should be clever, which can deceive the eyes of the audience. For example, the bowl in The Legend of the White Snake (Zijin Bowl) can turn seven or eight different faces, such as green, red, white and black. Another example is the thief in The Old Main Building, and Nie Long in Watching Niang Beach.

Legend has it that Peng Sihong, a famous actor of Sichuan Opera, plays Zhuge Liang in Empty City. Qin Tong was able to use qigong to make Sima Yi's face turn from red to white, and then from white to green when he reported that his soldiers had withdrawn, to show Zhuge Liang's fear after clearance.

Wiping black smoke from a leopard's eyes is done by rubbing it between its eyebrows. For example, Yang Guang wiped the leopard's eyes when he called in sick and forced the palace to show cruelty.

In a word, changing face is very unique in Sichuan opera. After watching Detective in the early 1940s, Tian Han said, "Sichuan Opera has its specialty in changing its face, and I don't know why." Liu Qian also said: "The problem of' changing face' is the unique skill of Sichuan Opera. Its mutation changed the audience. Changing face' is a symbol of feelings. Many Facebook faces have obvious typical characteristics, showing the loyalty and treachery of the characters, and' changing face' helps the development of personality emphasis and emotion (change), which is the advantage of Sichuan opera. In addition, it is also an amazing technology that actors can change their faces when the audience is not paying attention. "