What does the color of Chinese Peking Opera mask represent?

China's Peking Opera facial makeup has many colors, and different facial makeup has different meanings, which contains profound meanings condensed in China traditional opera culture for thousands of years. Next, let me introduce the different charms of different color masks.

Red Peking Opera facial makeup is very common. Red is a good color in China traditional culture, so it is also a symbol of justice and courage in Beijing opera. Many loyal generals in ancient times were represented by red faces. For example, Guan Yu, a general who is famous for his wisdom and loyalty to Liu Bei, is usually represented by a red face. Even when he is mentioned, people will naturally think of his red face.

In many people's impression, black Facebook looks very black, which is a bad symbol. Black always makes people feel like a symbol of evil. In some western elements, black is actually an ominous sign. However, because people in the name of justice such as Bao Qingtian are black in the traditional stories of China, black Facebook has gradually become a symbol of integrity. The black facial makeup gradually developed into the image of an honest official in Beijing Opera, which changed everyone's stereotype of black.

White facial makeup is also very common, but it is not a symbol of purity and snow-white, but a representative of evil people. For example, black and white are impermanent, and white faces are even more evil, which is a symbol of white faces in China traditional operas. And sometimes some eunuchs and other roles are also represented by white faces. White faces are mostly symbols of evil and femininity.

Therefore, in Beijing Opera, different colors represent different roles, and the use of some colors is also different from the usual inertia thinking, but they all represent the traditional opera culture of China and have profound connotations, which we can keep in mind.