A table, two chairs, three pieces of accompaniment and three or five people performing. What's unique about Beijing Opera?

I think that Peking Opera can be called the quintessence of China together with Chinese painting and Chinese medicine, which has three unique features. The first uniqueness is the facial makeup of Peking Opera. The second uniqueness is the business of Peking Opera; The third uniqueness is the freehand brushwork and virtuality of Beijing Opera.

The first feature: Peking Opera facial makeup. Peking Opera facial makeup is a pattern painted on the face by actors with watercolors or oil paints, which has the national characteristics of China. The use of facial makeup in Peking Opera generally has a unified style. For example, red Facebook represents loyalty, courage and justice, such as Guan Yu. Black Facebook represents straightforward temperament, such as Bao Zheng. Blue or green Facebook represents strength, boldness and rudeness, such as Doulton. Yellow Facebook represents cruelty, such as Dian Wei. Gold and silver masks generally represent non-humans, such as immortals, monsters, etc. The white flour painted with gouache is used to show the sinister characters in the play, such as Cao Cao and Yan Song. A face painted oil white represents arrogance, arrogance, ignorance or another pure villain, such as Gordon. From the beginning of its development, the facial makeup of Peking Opera is to exaggerate the image of a character and show his character and behavior. Nowadays, Peking Opera facial makeup has become a pattern art with China national characteristics.

The second feature is the business of Peking Opera. Commerce is a unique system in China's traditional operas. In the business of Beijing opera, it can be divided into four categories: raw, Dan, clean and ugly. Living is the business of playing the male role in the play, which includes all male roles except clean and ugly. According to the age, personality and image of the characters, they can be divided into old students, young students and martial arts students. Danxing is a business that plays the role of women, which can be divided into Tsing Yi, Hua Dan, wudan, Lao Dan, Cai Dan and Flower Shirt. Tsing Yi, called Zheng Dan, occupies the most important position in Danhang, and generally plays dignified, serious and virtuous young people and middle-aged women. Jingxing, commonly known as the painted face, is named after its colorful facial makeup, and generally plays a male role. It can be divided into three categories: positive network, negative network and military network. Ugly behavior, also known as three sides, plays an alert, clever and funny role, which can be divided into two categories: Wen Chou and Wu Chou. Wen Chou refers to a humorous character without martial arts, while Wu Chou generally plays a role with quick wit, exquisite martial arts and quick movements.

The third feature is the freehand brushwork and virtuality of Beijing Opera. Although there is only one table, two chairs and three pieces of accompaniment on the stage, the performances of three or five people are enough to reflect everything in the world and even the rich changes in everyone's heart.