When did Bao Zheng's face become "black" and was he supposed to be a handsome man in history?

We have seen in many TV dramas that Bao Zheng's face is particularly dark and tall. There is no clear record in history at all that Bao Zheng is a black face, Bao Zheng became black face because of the folk theater make-up artist. It is in order to give Bao Zheng shape a, more in line with his iron face, judge the case as God's image, but also to increase the splendor of the opera.

Bao Zheng's iron face, impartiality and justice, the case as God, was honored by the people as "Bao Qingtian", the people as long as there are grievances, will go to him. Whether it is the people or the royal relatives, as long as they have made a mistake, Bao Zheng will be treated equally and never tolerate. Bao Zheng's story, but also was made into many TV dramas, We see on TV Bao Gong, dark skin, chin with a black thick beard, forehead above and a crescent moon, as long as in the public hall are wearing black official robes, the whole person looks majestic.

Bao Zheng in the minds of many people, should be born black. In fact, Bao Zheng is not what we see in the TV, and it is likely to be a fair-skinned handsome man. The history books of the Song Dynasty do not record that Bao's face was particularly dark, and some archaeologists have analyzed that the standard height may only be more than 1 meter 6. From these aspects, Bao Zheng's external image is not what we see among the TV.

As for Pao's face, it would be considered black because of the traditional theater art at that time. People in ancient times were especially fond of theater, where interesting folk stories and characters were adapted and performed on the stage. Bao Gong gives people the feeling of being mighty, iron-faced and selfless, and he solves cases like a god, so the theater make-up artist, turned the image of Bao Zheng into a dark-skinned, tall figure, which is more in line with the temperament of Bao Zheng, but also in order to increase the appeal of the opera. The image of Bao Gong often appeared in the theater? , so slowly people thought that Bao Gong was born with a black face.