What is the secret of the Chinese national art of "face-changing"?

It is a romantic technique to reveal the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in a play.

Chuan Opera face-changing is one of the stunts of Sichuan Opera, which is used to reveal the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play, i.e., to turn the invisible and imperceptible abstract emotions and psychological states into visible and perceptible concrete images - face paint.

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 technique that reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play.

Sichuan opera is one of the traditional opera genres, popular in east-central Sichuan, Chongqing and parts of Guizhou and Yunnan. Sichuan opera face painting is an artistic treasure that has been created and passed down by successive generations of Sichuan opera artists***.

In 1987, the Ministry of Culture officially issued a document listing the art of Sichuan Opera face-changing 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.

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Categories of Face Changing:

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Once poor and miserable, once powerful and prosperous, it is difficult to look at people, friends and acquaintances do not interact, see also do not greet each other, and even walk, the corner of the clothes fly, whisking people at hand.

2, "face" of the two kinds:

Real society, people can often see the dignitaries driving high-grade cars, in and out of high-grade villas, clubs, sideburns frequently participate in the so-called socializing, entertainment, a pair of drunkenness and high and mighty faction, but once "double regulation", once the power, and then drooped his head, full of helplessness and remorse, teach people to see the tears and laughter, a sense of humor, and y hate!

3, "face" of the three kinds:

Knowing a manager of engineering construction and repair, a few years ago, well-dressed, bright face, do not want to new touch down is a big change in its kind, a trivial and downtrodden image, and even talk is not enough to speak, mumbled and mumbled, so that people had a feeling of pity. Asked to know because out of the contract labor was cheated more than 30 million, bank and personal loans can not be due to return.

4, "face" of the four:

Ugly woman, not through the cultivation of their own qualities in order to enhance the degree of lovely, but with the help of modern cosmetic surgery technology to beautify into a delicate and beautiful face, but actually can be exchanged for money and even the future of her, is really wonderful!

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