Sichuan Opera is a famous drama opera of the Han people prevailing in the southwestern China, including Sichuan
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Guizhou and Yunnan provinces. With a long history, many traditional
repertoire, rich music and superb performance, Sichuan Opera is a
radiant pearl in the treasure house of the Chinese opera. Changing Faces
is a unique skill of Sichuan Opera, appearing almost magical to
enthralled audiences. It is an important component part of the Sichuan
Opera and the art treasure created and passed down by the Sichuan Opera
artists in the past dynasties. The Sichuan Opera is composed of five
tones, including Gaoqiang, Kuqu, Huqin, Tanxi and Dengdiao.
Magical Face Changes in Sichuan Opera
The most famous technique in Sichuan Opera is the face changing,
which contains several ways of wiping, rubbing, blowing, drawing,
wearing and pulling. Before the actor performing on the stage, their
face should be colored into different patters with different colors to
show the identity, the appearance and the characteristic of the figure.
In the history of the Sichuan Opera, there was no professional facial
make up painter. So, all of the facial make-up are painted by the actors
themselves. On the basis of keeping the fundamental characteristics of
the character, the actors can draw the facial make-up creatively
according to their personal characters tics. Therefore, they can catch
the eye of the audience. The personality and the diversity of the facial
make-up are rare to see in other operas. In addition, the way of
drawing the facial make-up is inherited by the teacher telling the
apprentice orally. Since it was taught orally and is the magical weapon
to win, the way of drawing the facial make-up are lacking of the image
record in the Sichuan Opera face changing history. Face changing is a
magical art
China tour deals . Actors change more than 10 masks in less than 20 second.
The Diversity Tones of Sichuan Opera
Sichuan Opera is composed of five tones, including Gaoqiang, Kuqu,
Huqin, Tanxi and Dengdiao. Among which, only the Dengdiao began in the
mainland as early as the Three kingdoms period (220-280), while, the
others are introduced form other places. The Sichuan Opera takes the
best of other music and operas and intakes the nutrition of the three
dimensional system of the whole nation. Mingle with the local dialect of
Sichuan, tones and music, the Sichuan Opera are expressed into a local
opera music in various ways, which is rich in the content and vigorous
in the structure.
The Skills of Face Changing
There are several ways of wiping, rubbing, blowing, drawing, wearing
and pulling. Normally, the wiping, blowing and pulling are frequently
used. Wiping is a way of painting the cosmetic oil in a particular area
of the face. When performing, wiping the face by hand, the face will be
changed to other color. If the whole face is to be changed, then paint
the cosmetic oil in the forehead or the eyebrows. If the lower half of
the face is to be changed, then paint the cosmetic oil in the checks or
nose. The opera “the legend of lady white” is applied with the way of
wiping.
Blowing is a way of putting the powder cosmetic
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including the golden, silver and ink powders in to a specific box. When
performing, the actor only need to draw near and blow the box, the
powders will stick to the face. When blowing, one must close the eye and
the mouth. In some opera, the powder is put in to a goblet placed on
the stages. The actor only needs to do an action of falling, then the
powder would stick to their face. Pulling is the more complicated way.
The facial make-up are painted on pieces of damask, cut well, fastened
with a silk thread and pasted to the face one by one. The silk thread is
fastened in a place, where is easy to get and inconspicuous, for
example, on the waistband. With the progress of the story, the facial
make-up is pulling one by one. The adhesive stick on the facial make-up
should not be too much in case of hard to pulling. The pulling action
should be clean and agile, which can cheat the audience’s eyes.
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