What is Peking Opera facial makeup?

1. The meaning of Peking Opera facial makeup colors

Red as the main color means loyalty, bravery and righteousness; black means strong, brave, rough and reckless; blue means strong, rugged, courageous and unruly; green means firmness. Brave, domineering, fierce, and violent; yellow means brave, cruel, insidious, and scheming; white means insidious and cunning; purple means majesty and decisiveness; pink means old age.

2. Representative figures of Peking Opera facial makeup

Red represents martial arts, represented by figures such as Guan Yu; black represents impartiality, represented by figures such as the upright official Bao Zheng of the Song Dynasty; blue represents bravery and courage Conspiracy, representative figures such as Dou Erdun, a hero of the Qing Dynasty. Green represents recklessness and irritability, as represented by Cheng Yaojin in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Yellow represents toughness and cruelty, as represented by the Sui Dynasty general Yuwen Chengdu; white represents treachery, represented by the treacherous minister Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms; purple represents majesty and decisiveness, represented by the Warring States assassin Zhuan Zhu; pink represents old age , representative figures such as Su Xian, a famous official of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The main characteristics of facial makeup are as follows:

1. The contradictory unity of beauty and ugliness.

2. The close relationship with the character’s personality.

3. The pattern is stylized. Chinese Peking Opera facial makeup is a very popular art category among opera lovers. It is very popular at home and abroad and has been recognized as one of the symbols of traditional Chinese culture. Face makeup originated from the stage. You can see different styles of facial makeup images on some large buildings, product packaging, various porcelain, and on the clothes people wear.

This goes far beyond the scope of stage application, which shows the position that facial makeup art occupies in people's minds and shows that facial makeup has strong vitality. Many international friends and domestic people of insight are exploring the mysteries of facial makeup out of curiosity and love for Chinese opera masks.