What is a patch?

A kind of opera makeup. It is mainly used for the head makeup of the Dan character in opera. The patch includes a large patch and a small patch. The big piece is pasted on the edge of the two cheeks, depending on the character fat and thin, lively and serious; the way of pasting is also different; the small piece is pasted on the forehead in the shape of a curve or more than one curve to show different women. Pieces are generally made of human hair, with a comb dipped in shavings of water can be pasted on the actor's face, so that the characters show lively and handsome or old-fashioned serious and other characteristics.