Learn something about Sichuan Opera

Sichuan Opera is a famous drama opera of the Han people prevailing in the southwestern China, including Sichuan China Sichuan Tours, 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 China Holidays, 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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