Peking Opera and Mask, what is Peking Opera Mask?

The colors of Peking Opera masks are very rich, and the main color generally symbolizes the quality, character, and bearing of a certain character.

Red - a character that expresses loyalty and bravery, such as: Guan Yu.

Blue - shows strong, courageous, scheming characters, such as: Douldun.

Black - the image of an upright, selfless, and upright character, such as: Bao Gong.

White - represents the image of a sinister, suspicious, flying, and solemn character. Such as: Cao Cao.

Green - represents a tenacious, irascible figure. Such as: Wu Tianqiu.

Yellow - on behalf of the brave, fierce characters, such as: Yuwen Chengdu.

Purple - a character who expresses uprightness, steadiness and composure.

Gold, silver - to express a variety of gods and monsters.

1. The red Peking Opera mask represents the loyal and heroic character, and the main representative is Guan Yu.

2. The blue Peking Opera mask represents the strong, brave, and upright character, and the main representative is Dou Erdun.

3. The black Peking Opera mask represents the image of integrity, selflessness, and uprightness, and the main representative character - Bao Zheng.

4. The white Peking Opera mask represents the sinister, suspicious, flying, and solemn character image, and the main representative character is Cao Cao.

5. The green Peking Opera mask represents a tenacious and irascible character, and the main representative is Wu Tianqiu.

6. The yellow Peking Opera mask represents Xiao Yong, a fierce character, and the main representative is Yuwen Chengdu.

7. The golden and silver Peking Opera masks represent various images of gods and monsters, and the main representative character is Erlang God.

Types of Facebook:

The face is rich in color and has different patterns, which is easy to make people feel confused and mysterious. But in fact, the face can be summarized into some basic types, from which many faces can be changed according to the character's personality and temperament. Each mask is based on the appearance and personality of the characters in the play.

The basic types are:

Whole face is the purest type of color and composition in the face painting, and it is also a very common type. When applying makeup, one color is the main color, and then a white or black pen is used to outline the eyebrows, eyes, facial muscle texture, etc., especially emphasizing the outline of the eyebrows.

The three tile faces are very widely used, and the composition of many faces is the deformation of the three tile faces. Symmetry is required when painting the three tile faces, and the whole face is based on one main color, and then two eyebrows, eye sockets, and one nose socket are outlined with lines. The three tile faces can be divided into several categories, such as the flower three tile faces.

The so-called flower three tile faces are the more complex three tile faces drawn with eyebrows, eyes, and nose sockets. Most of the characters who painted the three tile faces were heroes of the green forest and fierce generals.

Broken face is also called crooked face. The left and right sides of the painted face are asymmetrical, and the pattern is distorted, giving people a crooked and twisted feeling visually. It is mainly used to show bad characters, and sometimes it is also used to show that a person is ugly.

Harlequin Face is characterized by drawing a white pink block on the bridge of the nose. Depending on the character, the shape of the white powder cube is different.

Pictographic faces are generally used for elves and gods in mythological plays'Image. When painting, the focus is on conveying the spirit, and the main focus is to let the audience understand what kind of spirit the character is transformed from. The most famous of the pictographic faces is the monkey of the Monkey King.

Colors of the face:

The colors of the face also have their own meanings. Generally speaking, color symbolizes character. For example, red indicates the loyalty and courage of the characters; Black indicates loyalty, integrity, and bravery; Yellow indicates that the character is brutal** and so on. Of course, this is not an absolute symbol of character.