Peking Opera Sheng Dan Jing Chou face features and pictures

Theatre has a history of thousands of years in China, of which Peking Opera is well known to everyone, which is also China's national treasure, a symbol of Chinese culture. Peking Opera can be divided into: "Sheng", "Dan", "Pure", "ugly", these lines have their own face. So what are the characteristics of these faces? Why don't you take a look at the faces of Beijing Opera?

Zhu Zhishan said, "Sheng is a man." It's a simple statement, but it makes sense. Mr., Houshang, Confucian, Zhangsheng, Lisheng and so on, of which the original meaning of "Sheng" is not a male title? Some people may feel that this is too simple, ordinary, hard to test the mystery, the result is to produce some far-fetched argument.

Sheng line is divided into Su Sheng (Lao Sheng), Hong Sheng, Xiao Sheng, Wu Sheng, doll Sheng and so on. For the Beijing opera in one of the important lines. Su Sheng (Lao Sheng): that is, more than middle-aged playwrights, mouth wearing a beard (beard), because of the character and identity of the different, can be divided into An Gong Lao Sheng or singing Lao Sheng (such as playing the emperor, bureaucrats, literati, etc.), rely on Lao Sheng (such as playing the general), the old man (such as playing the poor and downtrodden, etc.). Red Sheng: for the hook red face of the Su Sheng, such as playing Guan Yu, Zhao Kuangyin and so on.

Xiao Sheng: refers to the drama of the plume student (with pheasant plume generals, princes and lords, etc.), yarn hat student (official student), fan student (scholar), poor student (poor scholar) and so on. Wusheng: the role of martial arts for the play, wearing thick-soled boots called long leaning (dunzi) Wusheng, wearing thin-soled boots called the short hit (skimmer) Wusheng.

People often want to understand why women on stage called "Dan"? Theater historian Zhou Yibai believes that the word "Dan" is evolved from the word "Sister". The order is the first "Sister", by "Sister" blackmail for "Da" (Song miscellaneous dramas have "Old Orphan遣妲", "Shuang卖妲", "Ragging Shop Huida","" Dada" is the blackmail of "Sister"), and then "Dada" is abbreviated to "Dan" (in the Jin and Yuan Yuan Yuanben, there are "Dan Judgement of Orphans" and "Sour Orphan Dan", and the original "Old Orphan Dispatch of Dada" became "Old Orphan Dispatch of Dada"). The original "Old Orphan Dispatching Dada" became "Old Orphan Dispatching Dan" (see Zhou Yibai's "Collected Essays on Chinese Opera"). "Sister" has always been a term of endearment for women, and since "Dan" is the blackmail of "Sister", it is quite understandable that "Danjiao" specializes in female roles. The first time I saw this, I was able to get a good understanding of it.

The roles of Qingyi, Hua Dan, Wu Dan, knife and horse Dan, old Dan, stick Dan, girl Dan and other roles. The roles are all female. The main role is to sing and play the role of a good wife and mother. Flower Dan: also called Flower Shirt, characterized by flowery costumes, mainly plays the roles of queen, princess, noble lady, female general, peddler, village girl, and so on. Wudan, knife and horse dan: for the performance of martial arts is characterized by women. Old Dan: sung with this noise, mostly middle-aged and elderly women.

The Yuan Kodanqiu that "net" that "beautiful" black. He explained that: "Fu powder and ink offer a smile for the babbling, powder white and green, the ancient said that the beautiful dress, today's common black for the net." "Net" with face painting, is indeed white and green, in line with the meaning of "beautiful", Ke Danqiu's argument is feasible.

The net role refers to the face painting color charts of the role of the flower face, it does not seem clean, so the opposite of the meaning of ''net" net line is divided into the following types of roles: to sing the main copper hammer flower face and black head flower face; to the work of the main frame frame flower face, such as generals, monks, heroes of the forest, and martial arts and wrestling flower face, and so on. Copper hammer Hua face called positive net, frame Hua face called vice net, Wu Gong Hua face name Wu net, Wu two Hua face words red net, in the performance style have different characteristics.

Ugly, in fact, do not need to explain, is relative to the "handsome". People do not often say "ugly play", "handsome play"? The characters played by the "clowns" are not all bad guys, but most of them have to smear a piece of white powder on the bridge of the nose, and their image is ugly after all.

The clown line is referred to as "ugly". In the play, the clown line hook face, and hook painting "three flower face", the face and flower face is very different. The clown line is also divided into Wen Chou and Wu Chou. In Wen Chou, it is divided into Square Towel Chou (literati, Confucian); and Wu Chou, who specializes in martial arts roles such as falling, hitting, flipping, and pouncing. According to the animal phases, the clown belongs to the ox, which is stupid, and clown is synonymous with stupidity. But the stage of the Wu Chou is also called the opening jump, and can talk and jump, performing lively and clever, good at martial arts martial arts role, which is completely different from the ugly and stupid nature of the cow.