What is the modern design concept of traditional Peking Opera?

China's traditional opera embodies the aesthetic elements of China's traditional culture, such as facial makeup, costumes, props, gestures, etc., which have been widely known. However, with the impact of modern media on China traditional operas, these visual symbols and visual language are gradually leaving the public's field of vision, waiting for protection and development.

First, the visual symbol crisis of traditional opera culture

Second, foreign traditional cultural visual symbols to cope with the crisis strategy

Thirdly, the modern design of visual symbols of China traditional operas.

Peking Opera, like other art categories, is the product of a specific historical period, which has constructed its own unique features in the historical development and left the brand of the times. The cultural form that has always adapted to the farming society seems to be in the cultural environment of the industrial era (or post-industrial era) at once, and many problems pile up at once, which makes people feel unprepared and helpless. The danger of shrinking in the sun reminds people of the way out. In my opinion, Peking Opera has three ways of existence: First, it exists as a classical art, basically maintaining its traditional form, and making some minor improvements at most, that is, moving without deformation (in fact, moving without deformation).

Classical Peking Opera Culture

However, some people resent this statement, thinking that it is an antique and an offence to Beijing opera. I don't think it's necessary. There are many examples of people standing in the world in the form of classical art, such as kabuki in Japan, Nenglie, Greek tragedy in which the original style is preserved in Greece, and so on. They are all famous for their fidelity. This does not diminish the value of its existence. As far as this road is concerned, I think the problem is not only whether it is acceptable in concept, but also whether it is more realistic to keep today's Peking Opera and underestimate (if it can be upgraded better) its former glory and heroism. Due to the rupture and weakening of the cultural chain of Peking Opera, the loss and decline of human resources, there are fewer and fewer repertoires, fewer and fewer repertoires that employees can know, and the overall performance level is getting lower and lower, not to mention the reprocessing of classic repertoires. Therefore, even if Peking Opera exists as a classical art, it is not a ready-made smooth road.

Kabuki in Japan

The second way is to keep pace with the times. "Keeping pace with the times" means that Peking Opera should be able to reflect real life from now on. Can shape contemporary figures, even if performing traditional plays, but also to adapt to the aesthetic taste of contemporary people; Peking Opera should absorb the spiritual civilization and material civilization that mark the progress of the times, and adopt an innovative attitude from content to form. Since the 1980s, many people of insight have made some small-scale or large-scale attempts, but their reputation is different, which can be widely recognized by people in the industry and little known. It is not without a reasonable core that Peking Opera keeps pace with the times, but it is far from ready to really take this road, from theory to talents to creation to practice.

The third way is dual-track parallel. On the one hand, excellent traditional plays are staged, on the other hand, some modern plays and innovative plays are created. At present, this is basically the case, but the policy is unclear, there are problems in the mechanism, there is no organization in strength, and there is a lack of layout in practice. On the whole, it is in a state of self-reliance or disorder without long-term planning. Whether the concepts of "bringing forth the old and bringing forth the new" and "making the past serve the present" have been well solved in understanding and practice is a question worth asking. These problems seem to belong to policy, management or operation, but they are all related to the study of Peking Opera, and they are quite urgent and practical.

Modern opera

Beijing opera should also have the concept and tolerance of pluralistic coexistence. Since the reform and opening up, the mainstream performance form of Beijing Opera is basically a continuation of tradition, but attempts and explorations for novelty have appeared from time to time. Generally speaking, some of these innovators want to break through the traditional way and are not satisfied with the status quo; More artists from outside Beijing Opera participated in the creation and performance of Beijing Opera, and introduced new artistic ideas and new artistic methods, which made Beijing Opera take on a new look in the aspects of theme handling, narrative methods, transfer and style, as well as new landscapes such as luxurious performances in large venues, celebration performances and experimental performances in small theaters. This kind of exploration is still carried out in a fragmented and impromptu way, without forming a big climate, and once it comes out, it is often evaluated differently, sometimes even very different.

The color of Beijing Opera is widely used in modern art design. It not only shows the characters' personalities with the colors of Beijing Opera, but also shows the national spirit from the perspective of China traditional culture.

The flexible application of Beijing Opera color in art design is mainly to match different colors and tones in various forms to reflect different artistic expression effects. Art design is different from painting. The art of painting is subjective and can be painted according to one's own creative intention, but art design is different. It is purposeful design, and achieves the expected effect through the deployment of various elements.

Based on Peking Opera, Facebook has character representation and emotional representation. Applying the color of facial makeup to artistic design can integrate the painter's ideology into it and vividly show it in the form of artistic language.