Shangqiu boy painted Peking Opera masks with grain. Why did he do it?

Because there was nothing to do at home, I drew a face in the yard with corn, red beans, black beans and other grains, which took about two hours to finish.

The origin of facial makeup Peking Opera facial makeup comes from life. Everyone's facial organs are similar in shape and outline, and their physiological layout has certain rules. The texture of facial muscles is also closely related to age, physiology, experience and natural conditions of life. Therefore, the sketch of Peking Opera facial makeup is based on life and is a summary of life. For example, it is often said that people's faces are tanned, scared white, blushing, yellow and so on. They are not only the expression of the psychological activities and mental state of the characters in the play, but also the basis for determining the colors, lines, patterns and patterns of Facebook. Although Facebook comes from life, it is an enlargement and exaggeration of real life. The exaggeration and image description of historical figures in romance novels and rap art are also the basis of Peking Opera facial makeup. For example, Guan Yu's phoenix eye and sleeping silkworm eyebrow, Zhang Fei's leopard head eye and Zhao Kuangyin's face are all absorbed by the makeup of Chinese opera, especially on the stage of Beijing opera. In the creation and development of Peking Opera facial makeup, there are many sources, in addition to the above, there are the following:

1, learn from the principle of blood inheritance in life. For example, Zhang Bao, Zhang Fei's son, Meng Qiang, Jiao Yuru, Wei Chibaolin and Guan Ping, Guan Yu's son, all imitated their father's facial makeup and gradually became a statute.

2. According to the names of the characters in the play, attach colors to determine the face shape. Qi Huangong, for example, is that the name? Xiaobai? What is the cause of the white face and the green face tiger? Green? The word "green face" means "white stripes in the waves" because of Zhang Shun? White? What are the reasons for white face, black wind and black? Black? All the words are black. 3. pass it on; Where do some characters' faces come from? Rumors? (Wrong pronunciation, wrong meaning), to be attached. Wen Tianxiang, for example, because of the news of a surname? Smell? Homophonic hook blush. Steel is black, just like steel. Therefore, in the old Peking Opera, people who are violent are often black-faced, such as Zhen Gang in Caoqiaoguan, Xue Gang in Xu Ce's A Story of Running to the City 9, and Li Gang in Qingyang Picture. Gangs? Words and hook the black face (so-called Peking Opera? Three just didn't see the red? Say). Guan Taihe in Eight Wax Museum and Guan Sheng in Guan Sheng are blushing only because they share the same surname as Guan Yu.

The facial makeup in Chinese Peking Opera is said to have originated from a historical story: Yuefu Miscellanies Old Tang Book? According to the Records of Yue Ji and Jiao Fang, Gao Changgong, a warrior of Lanling in the Northern Qi Dynasty (A.D. 550577), was brave, but handsome, and thought he was not enough to frighten the enemy, so he went into battle with a wooden mask and won many battles. In Jin Yong's Luoyang at the gates, he fought a battle with Zhou Shi to make the enemy less vulnerable. The Qi people admired his bravery in the three armed forces, so they imitated his movements, choreographed them into dances, and accompanied them with songs, which were called "The Warrior Lan Ling entered the array". The Tang Dynasty developed into a musical called Da Mian. When acting, the actor who plays the warrior Lan Ling wears a mask. Clothes purple, waist gold, whip? (Yuefu Miscellanies) Singing and dancing, making all kinds of commands and poking gestures. The play created a heroic image and was deeply loved by people. Later generations' traditional Chinese opera facial makeup was influenced by it, and so was Japanese kabuki.