What s going on with the face change in Sichuan opera

Sichuan Opera, commonly known as Sichuan Opera, is mainly popular in the Han areas of Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and cities in southwest China.

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

"Wipe your face" is to apply makeup oil paint to a specific part of your face, and then you can change it into a different kind of face by swiping it on your face with your hands. 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. It is important to note that:

Close your eyes, mouth, and breath when blowing.

"Face pulling" is a more complex 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. Silk threads are tied in a convenient and unobtrusive part of the garment (e.g., on a belt).

As the plot progresses, under the cover of dance moves, rip it off one by one.

"Tearing the face" has a certain degree of difficulty. First, the adhesive for sticking the face mask should not be too much, so as not to tear it off at that time, or tear off all the face masks at once. The second is that the movements should be clean and neat, and the feints should be ingenious to cover the audience's eyes.

Another way is to "change the face of luck". Legend has it that when the late famous Sichuan opera actor Peng Sihong played Zhuge Liang in "The Empty City Strategy", when the qin boy reported that Sima Yi's soldiers had retreated, he was able to use qigong to make his face turn from red to white, and then from white to blue, which was intended to show Zhuge Liang's fear after being relieved.

1. Changing face is a special technique used to shape characters in the art of Sichuan opera. It is a romantic technique that reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play.

2. According to legend, the "face change" is that the ancient humans of the mill bush faced the ferocious and irreverent beasts, and in order to survive, they drew their faces in different ways to scare the invading beasts. Sichuan opera brings "face changing" to the stage, using wonderful techniques to make it a unique art.

3. There are three kinds of techniques for changing your face: "wiping your face", "blowing your face", and "pulling". In addition, there is a kind of "luck" to change face.