How did the facial makeup of Peking Opera evolve?

Peking Opera, the quintessence of Chinese culture: Peking Opera is a dramatic performance form that integrates singing, reading, acting and fighting. It was born among the people in the mid-19th century and combines elements of drama from the north and south of China. It developed maturely in Beijing and is widely spread throughout the country.

Peking Opera expresses the drama of traditional Chinese society and has become a unique Chinese art in the world, retaining elements of a widely recognized national cultural heritage.

On November 16, 2010, Peking Opera was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List by the United Nations.

The cultural connotation and spiritual value contained and carried by Peking Opera can provide nutrients and resources for the revitalization of the national soul, the promotion of the national spirit, the reconstruction of national values, and the rejuvenation of national culture. It is also important for building socialism and harmony with Chinese characteristics.

It has important practical significance for human society.

Peking Opera is the crystallization of traditional Chinese culture and one of the most important contributions made by the city of Beijing to Chinese civilization.

Peking Opera is included in the intangible cultural heritage list, which shows that its cultural value and connotation have been fully recognized around the world.

Peking Opera has beautiful singing, melody and many characters, including five kinds of roles: Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo Chou.

Facial makeup: The facial makeup of traditional Chinese opera is a program of facial makeup for actors.

It is a painting on the face of traditional Chinese opera actors and is used as a makeup art for stage performances.

The situation of facial makeup in different industries is different.

"Sheng" and "Dan" facial makeup are simple, with a little makeup, and are called "Jun face", "Simple face" and "Clean face".

The facial paintings of "Jingxing" and "Chouxing" are more complicated, especially Jing, which is heavily painted with oil paint and has complex patterns, so it is called "painted face".

Facial makeup in opera mainly refers to facial painting.

As for "ugly", because they play a dramatic role, they put a small piece of white powder on the bridge of their nose, commonly known as a little painted face.

Peking Opera generally uses oil makeup, which is difficult to remove.

The evolution and development of facial makeup is not the product of someone's imagination, but the observation, experience and synthesis of life phenomena by opera artists in their long-term artistic practice, as well as their continuous analysis, judgment and evaluation of the characters in the play.

Gradually a complete set of artistic techniques was formed.

What are the characteristics of their facial makeup?

Shengxing is a profession that plays male roles, including Laosheng: mainly playing the role of emperors and middle-aged and elderly people who are elegant and gentle.

Xiaosheng: Mainly plays young and handsome male characters.

Wu Sheng: Mainly plays the role of a brave warrior or a green forest hero.

Hongsheng: specifically refers to old students with red facial makeup.

Baby Boy: Children's characters in the play and other categories.

Except for Hongsheng and Wusheng with hooked faces (with facial makeup painted on their faces), most students have plain faces, that is, their appearance is relatively clean and handsome.

Danxing plays female characters of various ages, personalities and identities.

The Dan line is divided into Qingyi (Zhengdan): a dignified and elegant woman.

Huadan: an innocent and lively girl or a lively young woman.

Wu Dan: Play a brave female character, especially a fighter.

Daoma Dan: A young and middle-aged woman who is good at martial arts and does not need to fight.

Lao Dan: an elderly woman.

Caidan: A funny and comic character.

Hua Shan: All-round actors who combine Tsing Yi, Hua Dan, Wu Dan, and Dao Ma Dan are called Hua Shan.

Jing Xing is commonly known as Hua Lian, also known as Hua Mian.

Usually they play male roles.

Jingxing can be divided into Zhengjing (big painted face): loyal ministers and generals with higher status and steady behavior.

Vice Jing (Er-faced): Commonly known as the arrogant face, most people play the roles of rough and reckless characters.

Wu Jing (武花面): A character who focuses on martial arts.

Ugliness is also called little painted face or three painted face.

Including Wen Chou: characters who are clever and funny or sinister and cunning.

Wu Chou: A smart, capable and humorous hero.