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How to change face in Sichuan opera?

Sichuan Opera face changing is as follows:

1, wipe the face; is the makeup oil color on a specific part of the face, when the time comes to use the hand to the face, you can turn into another kind of face.

2, blowing face; only suitable for powdered cosmetics, such as gold dust, toner, silver powder and so on. There is a very small box on the floor of the stage, filled with powder, when the actor to do an ambush dance moves, take the opportunity to face close to the box to blow, powder on the face, immediately into another color of the face. Must pay attention to: blowing closed eyes, closed mouth, closed breath.

3, pulling the face; it is beforehand the face painted on a piece of silk, cut, each face is tied a handful of silk thread, and then one by one on the face. The silk thread is tied to a smooth and inconspicuous place of the clothes (such as on the belt). As the play progresses, it is pulled off, one by one, under the cover of dance movements.