Who is my country s face changing master? How exactly does China change its face?

Peng Denghuai, a master of Sichuan opera face change.

In China, face change is quite an interesting word. If we want to describe a person's capriciousness, we will say, "He is a person who changes his face so quickly!" However, in Sichuan opera, changing faces is a unique form of artistic expression.

Transform the invisible and imperceptible abstract emotions and psychological states into visible and perceptible concrete images - faces.

Legend has it that the original origin of "face changing" is that when ancient humans faced ferocious beasts, in order to survive, they drew their faces in different ways to scare the invading beasts. Later, Sichuan Opera brought "face changing" to the stage, using wonderful techniques to make it a unique art.

The magic of changing faces is that it becomes swishing fast! In the blink of an eye, it's a different face! It's like magic, and people can't help but wonder, what kind of mechanism is this? Now, if you want to decipher, look down!

Face blowing generally refers to powdered face change. The actor hides the powder in his hands or places a small box with the powder on stage. The actor blows his face close to the box in a prostrate dance move, and the powder is poured on his face, and it becomes a different color!

Isn't it super cool!

Wipe your face, you can change your face partially or completely. The actor applies make-up oil paint to a specific part of the face, on the forehead or eyebrows if it is to be completely changed, and on the face or nose if only the lower half of the face is changed.

Pulling the face is relatively complicated. It is a paper that draws a face on a piece of silk in advance, cuts it, and ties a silk thread to each face. Then one by one, a number of faces are stacked together and pasted on the face, each face has a specific silk thread, and the silk thread is tied to a certain convenient and unobtrusive place in the clothes, and according to the needs of the performance, under the cover of dance movements, one by one is quickly torn off, so that the color of the face becomes red, green, blue, black, etc., and the colors of different masks can express emotions such as happiness, disgust, anger or sadness.

The face-pulling action has to be fast to achieve the best stage effect.

Chinese face changing is a traditional art from Sichuan, which is a form of performance in Sichuan opera, usually performed by actors in a non-stop performance, quickly changing masks to show different faces. The actor's speed is very fast, and even the destruction of the sentence is incredibly fast, and usually only needs to turn his head or raise his hand to complete the transformation, forming a mysterious visual effect. Chinese face change is a special technique, which requires long-term training of actors, mastering special techniques and methods, such as tool utilization, facial expressions, lip movements, etc., the whole performance process is full of mystery and surprise, and it is a kind of performing art full of Chinese cultural characteristics.

Chinese face change is a traditional art and culture of Nian He Xian. There are a lot of tricks in it. The average person can't crack it. You can go and see this movie with a changing face and a slippery face. It is also more classic. It records China's change of face.

Legend has it that "changing faces" is when ancient humans faced ferocious beasts and drew their faces in different ways in order to survive in order to scare the invading beasts. Sichuan opera brings "face changing" to the stage, using wonderful techniques to make it a unique art.

Emotional makeup in Chinese opera. Face changing was first used for the role of gods and monsters, and it was already used in the Ming Dynasty. There is a record of "changing the green face" in the Ming miscellaneous drama "Gukou Erlang Chopping Jianjiao".

At that time, the face change was when the actor entered the backstage to change his dress. In later generations, it evolved into a change of face on the spot, becoming a performance stunt, which is available in many local dramas, with Sichuan Opera being the most famous. There are big face changes and small face changes.

The whole face has changed, with 3, 5 and even 9 changes; A small face change is a partial face change. There are three main ways to change your face: smearing your eyes, blowing powder, and pulling your face.

The first two belong to facial makeup, such as smearing the eyes is the actor's fingers smeared with ink pre-stored on the eyebrows or sideburns, which changes with a single stroke; Blowing powder is even rougher, that is, the actor blows the color powder to change the complexion; The latter type is covered with a mask, layer by layer, which is tightened and dead, and ripped off one by one when it changes. In addition, there are also face tearing and face sticking, which are not used much now. Changing the face requires quick movements and no traces.

It is mainly used for sudden changes in the emotions of the characters in the play, such as panic, despair, and anger.

Peng Denghuai, Mao Tingqi, Liu Shihu, Shao Ningxing, Wang Daozheng, He Hongqing, these people are all from Sichuan, and the others are not thought of for the time being.

Liu Changwei, the founder of Chengdu Furong Gate, learned Sichuan opera martial arts, face changing, lion dance, tea, and inherited from his ancestors at the age of 12 with his grandfather Liu Zhonggui. His grandfather, Liu Zhonggui, was exposed to and learned the skills of the rivers and lakes since he was a child. Later, all these unique skills that were facing loss were taught to Liu Changwei.

In order to inherit his grandfather's traditional skills, Liu Changwei was inspired by Li Bai's poem "Clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving" and founded Furong Gate.

After occupying a place in the long-spout pot kung fu tea art, he found another way to specialize in Sichuan opera face changing, and the complete success of the first Sichuan opera face change made him firm in his determination to pursue art. He insisted on changing the original rigid face-changing movements and techniques through innovation, and went to a higher level on the basis of traditional face-changing. Liu Changwei's face-changing action is clean and neat, the technique is exquisite, the pace is vigorous, every face change is wonderful, Liu Changwei's wonderful performance, whether at home or abroad, has conquered countless audiences.

Liu Changwei has been studying the two industries of Sichuan opera face changing and long-spouted pot pot kung fu tea art for 15 years, and has personally taught more than 200 disciples all over the world.

There are generally three types of face-changing techniques: wiping the face, blowing the face, and pulling the face, in addition, there is also a kind of "luck" to change the face.

Applying makeup oil to a specific part of the face and swiping it on the face with your hands to change your face to a different complexion.

If you want to change it all, you can apply it to your forehead or eyebrows, and if you want to change only the lower half of your face, you can apply it to your face or nose. If you only need to change a certain part, then the oil paint is only painted in the position you want to change.

Face blowing is only suitable for powdered cosmetics such as gold powder, toner, silver powder, etc. Some people put a very small box on the floor of the stage, filled with powder, and the actor then makes a dance move on the ground, and takes the opportunity to blow his face close to the box, and the powder pounces on his face, and immediately changes into a face of another color.

Face pulling is a more complicated method of changing faces. It is to draw the face on a piece of silk in advance, cut it, tie a handful of silk thread to each face, and then stick it on the face one by one.

The silk threads are tied in a convenient and unobtrusive part of the garment, and then pulled off one by one under the cover of dance moves as the performance requires.

There are big face changes and small face changes. The whole face has changed, with 3, 5 and even 9 changes; A small face change is a partial face change. There are three main ways to change faces:

Smearing violent eyes, blowing powder, and pulling faces. The first two belong to facial makeup, such as smearing the eyes is the actor's fingers smeared with ink pre-stored on the eyebrows or sideburns, which changes with a single stroke; Blowing powder is even rougher, that is, the actor blows the color powder to change the complexion; The latter type is covered with a mask, layer by layer, which is tightened and dead, and ripped off one by one when it changes. In addition, there are also face tearing and face sticking, which are not used much now.

Changing the face requires quick movements and no traces. It is mainly used for sudden changes in the emotions of the characters in the play, such as panic, despair, and anger.

Everyone wears a lot of masks first, and the moment they cover their faces, the face on the surface will be turned to the back of their heads through a small mechanism, which is why the artist who changes the face will wear a big hat and cover the whole head, because if you don't cover it, you will wear it.

Wang Daozheng's "changing face" is a unique skill of Sichuan opera, which is well-known at home and abroad. In the Sichuan opera industry, there are many people who can "change their faces", but there are very few who are amazing.

Audiences who have watched the performance know that playing the role of cymbals requires the skill of "changing face", otherwise they will show their feet and be ugly on the spot; It is also necessary to have a deep martial arts foundation, and to be healthy and beautiful.

When it comes to the "changing face" of Sichuan Opera, people will naturally think of Wang Daozheng, a famous actor who has passed the age of sixteen in Sichuan Opera in Sichuan Province.

Cao Kefan. Cao Kefan - the smallest face-changing king in the country.

A chance encounter, destined for a lifetime of art, a six-year-old child, the achievement of the dream of changing face, three years of learning art, how to become the youngest face-changing king in the country? Cao Kefan, what are the untold stories behind the face-changing boy?

When Cao Kefan was young, he had a hobby that was not easy to use with other little scumbags - he liked masks, which became his enlightenment teacher to learn to change his face. Unfortunately, Jiang Shangfeng, a master of face change, went to Cao Kefan's mother's tailor shop to do face painting. This acquaintance has made Cao Kefan and Liang Shen Jiang Shangfeng's teacher-student relationship.

At the age of 3 and a half, Cao Kefan began to study under Jiang Shangfeng before he started, and he could perform on stage after half a year. And continue to improve, becoming a guest in many performance activities. After that, Cao Kefan learned another trick in Sichuan opera - Spitfire.

However, spitfire is dangerous. Once, when Cao Kefan was performing, he was unfilial and burned his mouth. Seeing the young child so uncomfortable, the mother overcame all kinds of difficulties and learned the skill of breathing fire, and the mother and son began to perform on the same stage.

On December 2nd, Shanxi Satellite TV's "Super Little Fairy Tale" will tell you the bits and pieces behind the super teenager Cao Kefan.