Auther：2022-10-13
Chinese opera has a long and glorious history and is an indispensable pearl in the art hall of the Chinese nation. As the national essence of China, Peking Opera is full of classical Chinese elements and is deeply loved by the public, whether it is the appearance of the actors or the singing voice of the repertoire. In classical Chinese opera, people use different colors to draw specific patterns on the faces of characters, depicting the facial features of different characters, called facial makeup. Facial makeup is the emoji in the art of Peking Opera, which is the embodiment of the connotation of traditional Chinese culture, has great national cultural characteristics, and has a unique charm.
Peking Opera facial makeup is a masterpiece of Chinese opera face art, which smears red, white, black, yellow, green, blue and other colors on the faces of actors to form a kaleidoscopic pattern and depict a variety of character images. Peking Opera facial makeup is regarded as a visual symbol, reflecting different characters through different colors and ornaments, and the age, personality, and even identity and fate of the characters can be seen through the facial makeup.
According to statistics, there are thousands of faces in Chinese Peking Opera. Peking Opera performing artists have given character to different colors of faces, different faces, with different meanings and symbols: Red is generally used to represent loyalty, courage, integrity and always represent positive roles. The most representative red facial makeup is Guan Gong. White facial makeup to show treacherous and sinister person, such as Cao Cao. Black facial makeup is generally fortitude, straight for wardness, wisdom, courage, the incarnation of unflinching.The representative figure is Bao Gong. Blue facial makeup generally shows the character of strong, valiant and scheming figures, such as Dou Erdun,the anti-Qing dynasty righteous man who stole the royal horse in Qing Dynasty. Green facial makeup is generally used to represent the image of brave,reckless and irritable characters, such as Cheng Yaojin in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Yellow facial makeup is generally used to imply that the characters are brave or fierce cruel, so yellow facial makeup is generally used for the brave and irritable characters，representative figures such as Yuwen-Chengdu.
Peking Opera facial makeup art is a very popular art for opera lovers, which is very popular in China and even the world, and is now recognized as one of the logos of traditional Chinese culture.
