What is the significance of the Peking Opera costume python

What is the significance of the Peking Opera costume python

Peking Opera is a synthesis of the arts, but on the stage, the first thing we pay attention to is the Peking Opera actor's face, the singing and the costume, the following will be introduced to introduce the Peking Opera python costume: the significance of the Peking Opera costume python.

White Regiment Dragon Python

White is a neutral color with a plain, holy beauty. White group dragon python is generally used for handsome and elegant young generals (such as Wu Xiaosheng line of Zhou Yu) or upright martial arts middle-aged martial arts (such as the old line of Yang Yanzhao), giving a person a sense of dashing and elegant. More than the use of handsome childish and beautiful embroidery, curved python water. Where the characters wear python, plus the use of the collar (three pointed collar), that is, the person is a general, which is unique to the Beijing Opera costume an artistic vocabulary.

Spit water python

Python on the dragon pattern is the most vivid, the most powerful when the "big dragon". Its posture, generally for the dragon head down, the dragon tail up (thrown to the left shoulder area), magnificent.

According to its posture can be called "descending dragon". The dragon's mouth spitting seawater, adding to the sense of life and motion. Python water and embroidered a small dragon. With the top and bottom echo, unique interest. This large and small dragons echo the pattern pattern, called "teaching children to ascend to heaven". The whole body flat gold embroidery. The color of the dress is red, symbolizing the character's high position and power.

The female python of the regimental phoenix

The style of the female python is basically the same as that of the male python, but it has its own unique features.

First of all, its size is short (generally about three feet two inches or so), the length of only to the knee, behind the pendulum, and secondly, the embroidered pattern is mainly the phoenix, peony, in order to the king of the birds, flowers in the first to symbolize the most noble and noble women. When wearing the upper body with a cloud shoulder, hanging jade belt, lower body skirt.

Female python colors are generally only yellow and red. Yellow is for the Queen, Princess dedicated, red for the Princess, County (sometimes also used for the Princess). This female python, velvet embroidery group wind, the body of a single set of black wide edge (wave line type). To flat gold embroidered clouds, velvet embroidered cranes.

Group line dragon improved python

"Improvement" two words is the late Qing and early Republican era of the vocabulary, where there is a change in the traditional things, it is called "improvement", has a positive, negative double It has both positive and negative meanings. Today, the word "improvement" means "innovation on the basis of tradition".

As early as the early nineteenth century, the Peking Opera community in the south of China took the lead in reforming the traditional Peking Opera costumes, while in the north, the first to set up the banner of reform was the outstanding former performing artists Wang Yaoqing and Ma Lianliang, Mei Lanfang.

Mr. Ma Lianliang's reform of the python was mainly to simplify the complicated patterns of the python under the premise of maintaining the form, simplifying the ten dragon balls of the dragon python into only one dragon ball embroidered on each front and back chest, and expanding the area of this dragon ball so that it stands out prominently.

In addition, boldly deleted the streaming clouds, eight auspicious and other insertion of the bottom pattern, so that the python robe received a refreshingly chic effect.

In the lower end of the group dragon, but also unconventionally used the row of dragons pattern, resulting in a group of dragons, rows of dragons fused into one pattern layout.

The above creation was very novel at that time, and was generally recognized and praised, so it became customized and inherited, and enriched the treasure trove of traditional Peking Opera costumes.

This group line dragon modified python is generally used for the role of the veteran, the color of the suit is generally elegant and calm autumn incense color or light camel, to symbolize the character of the sophisticated, serious.

play beads dragon python

This python predecessor only embroidered a large dragon, so also known as the "one-dragon python". The dragon's mouth is facing the fire bead, and the dragon's tail is also thrown to the shoulder. The whole body is embroidered in flat gold, and the water of the python is upright water. The color of the costume is black, symbolizing the character's rugged and bold personality.

Flat gold embroidery python water are generally left out of the "waterway", one can make the water clear, and then make the dress color along the "waterway" downward extension, has been extended to the bottom of the hem, which strengthens the overall sense of the clothing modeling.

play beads row dragon python

row dragon body stretching, Yang Yang robust, with a sense of movement, applicable to the character of the character of the rugged. Its layout, there are left and right symmetrical and up and down balanced two kinds. Up and down the balanced momentum more people: a dragon in the air down, a dragon turned back up, showing the play of pearls, and accordingly accompanied by large clouds.

Python water using standing and lying five river water, that is, five standing water that five rivers, lying water around it, rushing lagoon, with the momentum of the inverted sea over the river, symbolizing the character of the domination of the extraordinary temperament. Flat gold embroidery method.

Flag python

Manchu people are affiliated with the flag, so it is called the flag. The flag python originally referred to the ceremonial robe used by the Manchu empresses of the Qing dynasty.

This is one of the few prototypes of Qing dress preserved in the traditional costumes of Peking Opera, but of course, it has undergone some artistic processing.

When it became an opera costume, it lost its historical dynastic specificity and was incorporated into the program - used by aristocratic women of the ruling classes of the various ethnic minorities of ancient China (the so-called "fangbangs"). When used, it was lined with a "collar garment" and hung with Chaozhu beads on the outside. The headdress is the "Da La Yi" (hair combed into a swallow-tail style, wrapped in green satin, hanging at the back of the head. The top of the head vertical tall horizontal frame, also wrapped in green satin, decorated with flowers, phoenix hairpin and other ornaments.

Tassels hanging on both sides. "

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Coiled large dragon python

This large dragon python, dragon shape is very large, the front body of the dragon's middle section thrown to the left shoulder, around the neck, has been coiled to the right arm, the tail is on the outside of the cuffs; after the body of the dragon coiled to the left arm, the tail is also in the outside of the cuffs.

Coiled big dragon for the recent creation, has been the dragon shape of the "big", developed to the limit. The whole body is embroidered in flat gold, lying on the water of three rivers.

Fuzi row dragon python

The row of dragons in the chest position, easy to be covered by the beard, in order to emphasize the dragon pattern, it will be laid out horizontally under the abdomen is not a layout method.

This line of dragons can also be called "horizontal dragon" according to its posture. Python water is upright water.

The whole body is embroidered in flat gold. Python water left out of the waterway (that is, showing the bottom color), embroidered symmetrical double dragons playing pearls on the python water, is to make the python water pattern vivid and lively, both neat and beautiful.

As for the python body of the word of fortune and longevity, is only a kind of decoration, no special symbolism, but is expressed in this kind of characters "more fortune and longevity" only.

Black color for Bao Zheng special.

Arrow python

Arrow python is based on the python, breaking through the original form, absorbing some of the characteristics of the arrow coat and the newly created suit, also created by Mr. Ma Lianliang.

Retained is the shoulder collar, lapel, slits on both sides of the python robe modeling; change is the shape of the sleeves, that is, the arrow coat with narrow sleeves, horseshoe cuffs, instead of wide sleeves and water sleeves.

This costume is designed for the "Rouge Bao fold" in the Yongle emperor no juice, to adapt to the emperor in micro-suits under the specific circumstances of the particular dress: both civilian warrior style, but also not lose the imperial temperament.

The arrow python is made of crepe silk with a cryptic pattern, embroidered with six dragons. It is taken from the Ming Dynasty imperial dragon robe on the historical figure painting "Ming Taizu".

Red dragon python

The regiment of dragon python is widely used. The regimental dragon pattern is strict and regular, decorative, quiet and calm. In the layout of the symmetrical form, the whole body counts ten dragons, to flow of clouds, eight auspicious insertion of the bottom as a companion.

The red dragon python for the high status, quiet character ` characters used, such as the royal uncle Liu Bei, extra horse harnessed by the side of a team of harnessed by the side of a team of Chen Shimei, inspector Wang Jinlong and so on. Embroidery work mostly using velvet embroidery or circle gold velvet embroidery, python water for the curved standing water.

Green Dragon Python

Green Dragon Python is generally used for red-faced loyalists, such as Guan Yu, Guan Sheng, Zhao Kuangyin and so on.

The green of the costume, and the red of the face of the formation of the "complementary color contrast", is a traditional Chinese color scheme, used here, not only to make the costume more distinctive, but also to make the face more eye-catching.

Because most of these characters are brave and courageous, military and civil, so in the embroidery work on the use of generous and dignified flat gold embroidery.

Python water is generally upright water, the only Guan Yu specific with a very high gloss of the whole lying water set of river teeth, and enhance the character of the majestic sense of greatness.

Lao Dan python

A high status, status of elderly women (Lao Dan line) dedicated Lao Dan python. Patterns generally use a group of dragons or groups of dragons and phoenixes, not just phoenixes. There are python water.

In use, the old Dan python and female python is very different: not with cloud shoulders, jade belt, but the waist with silk tapestries, hanging beads, the lower body is tied to the dark green folding skirt.

This character modeling is more solemn, calm. Old Dan python color is generally used only yellow and autumn incense color, yellow for the Empress Dowager, autumn incense color for the old Sheriff, the old enfranchised lady.

Grass dragon improved python

This python, is the product of further reform, it is not only absorbed the ancient Chinese grass dragon pattern to replace the cumbersome Qing-style dragon pattern, but also deleted the lower body of the dragon pattern, and even the python on the upper end of the river teeth, sun, mountains and other patterns are simplified, so that the costume is more concise and bright.

This grass dragon improved python, both "bachelor official clothes" features, and is also a bundle of soft belt instead of hanging jade belt, because of this, it only applies to the status of less than the important ministers, but higher than the general officials of certain characters.

Clothing for the autumn fragrance color. The grass dragon is embroidered with flat gold, and the python water is curved standing water with velvet embroidery.

line dragon female python

This female python is closer to the male python in pattern, embroidered line dragon, the lower part of the python water (Sanjiang water), such as the Qing people painted "Drama Album" of the "back to the Dragon Pavilion" in the play of Wang Baochuan, that is, with the line dragon female python, when the early styles, the recent world has not been much used.

Yellow dragon python

Yellow in feudal China for the emperor's exclusive use, is the symbol of supremacy, the symbol of imperial power. Therefore, the yellow (bright yellow) color dragon python for the emperor to use.

The embroidered work more than the use of elegant and beautiful velvet embroidery, curved python water. Its pattern, in addition to the dragon pattern, especially in the front and rear of the heart of the prominent position of the ring pendulum "eight treasures" (treasure beads, Fang Sheng, jade chime, rhinoceros horn, ancient money, coral, silver ingots, Ruyi, etc.) In addition, also in the whole body to insert the bottom of the scattering pendulum "eight auspicious" (refers to the flowers, cans, fish, intestines, wheels, screws, umbrellas) In addition, there are also "eight auspicious" (referring to flowers, jars, fish, intestines, wheels, conchs, umbrellas, cover eight kinds of auspicious objects decorated with wind bands, also known as the Buddhist "eight treasures").

The use of the above many symbols of noble decorative patterns, is to set off the majesty of the emperor's posture, but here, precisely, also left the traces of the Qing dynasty python coat pattern cumbersome.

Black dragon python

Black is a child with a solemn sense of neutral colors. As far back as the Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties in Chinese history, black, which symbolizes the sky, was worshipped for its worship (the so-called "black color").

The coronation of the Son of Heaven was in black (xuan yi), which indicated solemnity and dignity. Peking Opera character costumes draw on this color tradition. Characters with a solemn style, upright character stipulates that the color of the suit is black.

In addition, and specific: all hook black face, character rough and bold characters, also to black as the color of clothing, which also has a symbolic meaning for the portrayal of characters.

The first category of characters such as Bao Zheng, the latter category of characters such as Zhang Fei, Xiang Yu, Jiao Zan, Yuchi Gong and so on. Jiaozan, Yuchigong, etc., these two types of people are using black, forming a fixed program.

Black python, generally generous and imposing flat gold embroidery, upright python water.

According to the traditional law, the dragon pattern should be a human dragon, the only former performing artist Jin Shaoshan used the black group of dragon python, so, specially this kind of clothing style is also included in the chart.

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