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What kind of drama is changing face?

Changing face is the unique skill of Sichuan opera. Changing face is a stunt used in shaping characters in Sichuan Opera. Revealing the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play is a romantic technique.

According to legend, "changing face" means that in order to survive, ancient humans painted their faces into different shapes in different ways to scare away the invading beasts. Sichuan Opera puts "changing face" on the stage, making it a unique art with wonderful skills.

Generally speaking, there are three ways to change your face: wiping your face, blowing your face and pulling your face. In addition, there is a kind of "luck" face change. Then paint your forehead or eyebrows. If you only change the lower half of your face, you can paint your face or nose.

Features of changing face:

Elegant charm of Sichuan style: the theater was formerly a folk Sichuan opera class. A few years ago, in order to meet the needs of tourism culture and tourism development, the theater gathered several famous people from Sichuan Opera to show various folk skills of Sichuan Opera, which was very ornamental and enjoyed a good reputation in Sichuan Opera.

Jinjiang Theater: The feature is that there are often traditional Sichuan operas. Many middle-aged and elderly people like to come here to watch a Sichuan opera and have a cup of tea. It's really an honor. The performance was wonderful, with a face-changing and a fire-breathing, which was worth seeing and very distinctive. The face-changing show of Sichuan Opera is very effective, with complete plot, ups and downs and beautiful stage effect.