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What is Peking Opera mask famous for?

Peking Opera facial makeup is famous for its symbolism and exaggeration.

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Peking Opera facial makeup is a special makeup method with China cultural characteristics. Because every historical figure or a certain kind of figure has a common score, just like singing and playing music should be based on the score, it is called "Facebook". As for the source of Facebook, it is generally said that it comes from a mask.

The facial makeup art of Peking Opera is a favorite art of the majority of opera lovers, which is widely popular at home and abroad and is recognized as one of the symbols of China traditional culture. Facebook has three main characteristics: the unity of beauty and ugliness, the close relationship with characters, and the stylized model.

Mashao mask:

Mashao facial makeup is a traditional handicraft in Shaanxi, belonging to Baoji Shehuo facial makeup. In Shaanxi, there is still the custom of playing social fire during the Spring Festival. Ma Shao facial makeup of Fengxiang folk society fire, referred to as Ma Shao facial makeup, is a new folk handicraft art developed on the basis of inheriting the facial makeup of Xifu folk society fire. It evolved from China folk social fire facial makeup. The local people painted the characters in fairy tales on the horse spoon, hence the name.

Ma Shao is made of wood, which is simple to make and necessary for farmers and villagers in past dynasties. Painting is both simple and complicated. People use it to hang a room to ward off evil spirits and express their good wishes for happiness and good luck, so Ma Shao's face has won people's love and admiration. With the inheritance and development of modern folk artists, Ma Shao's facial makeup is a treasure in traditional folk art.

Jiao's:

Jiao Facebook, which has been handed down for seven generations, is unique in the Facebook field with its bright colors, fine sketches and vivid expressions. In China, there are more than 30 cities and more than a dozen countries such as the United States and Canada. Jiao's facial cosmetics account for 80% of the facial cosmetics market in China's cultural centers.

CCTV's "Native Land" column took the Jiao family as artists' representatives and made a special trip to Gu 'an to shoot feature films for them. When Shenzhou VI was launched, Jiao's works miraculously appeared in the electronic manual used by astronauts.