Facial makeup is the painting on the faces of traditional Chinese opera actors and is used as a makeup art for stage performances. Facebook has different situations for different industries. The facial makeup of "Sheng" and "Dan" is simple, with a little makeup, and they are called "Jun face", "Simple face" and "Clean face". The facial paintings of "Jingxing" and "Chouxing" are more complicated, especially Jing, which is heavily painted with oil paint and has complex patterns, so it is called "painted face". Facial makeup in opera mainly refers to facial painting. As for "ugly", because he plays a dramatic role, he puts a small piece of white powder on the bridge of his nose, which is commonly known as a small painted face.

Red face

Symbolizes loyalty, uprightness, and bloody spirit, such as Guan Yu in "Three Kingdoms Opera" and Wu Han in "Zhan Jing Tang".

Others: It has an ironic meaning and means a fake good person.

Guan Yu (whole face is red)

Black face

It expresses a serious character, unsmiling, neutral, and represents fierce wisdom. Such as Bao Zheng in "Bao Gong Opera"; it also symbolizes power, rudeness and boldness, such as: Zhang Fei in "Three Kingdoms Opera", Li Kui in "Water Margin Opera", and Jiao Zan in "Yang Paifeng".

White face

It expresses cunning and suspiciousness, has a derogatory connotation, and represents ruthlessness, such as: Cao Cao in "Three Kingdoms Opera" and Yan Song in "Da Yan Song".

Cao Cao (white face)

Yellow face

Brave and violent. Such as Dian Wei.

Blue face

Shows an upright and unruly character, such as Ma Wu in "Up to the Rooftop" and Dou Erdun in "Luan Tao". Dou Erdun (blue flower three-tile face)

Purple face

Exhibits solemnity, stability, and a sense of justice, such as: Xu Yanzhao in "The Second Entering the Palace", "Fish Intestine" Zhuan Zhu in "Sword".

Others: bad complexion, ugly.

Zhang He (purple three-tile face)

Golden face

Symbolizes power and solemnity, and expresses the role of gods. For example: Tathagata Buddha and Erlang God in "Havoc in Heaven".

Dapeng (golden elephant face)

Silver face

It represents cunning and suspicious or mighty and solemn, and represents ghosts or gods, such as: "Attack on Tongguan" Mu Zha in the middle.

Green face

Brave, reckless and impulsive. For example: Xu Shiying in "White Water Beach"

Others

The green forest hero.

Yellow: generally shows a violent personality. Such as Lian Po in "Nanyang Tian". Brown and pink: Old people who behave more upright.

Gold: used for figures such as Buddha and gods, such as Tathagata Buddha and Erlang God.

Silver: used for some more powerful spirits.

Purple face with clear angle: Purple is between black and red. Upright and majestic characters and loyal and kind people often use purple faces. For example, Zhuan Zhu in "Yuchang Sword", Chang Yuchun in "Martial Arts Field", Xu Yanzhao in "Dabaoguo", some characters are described as having purple faces in novels or folk oral literature, so they use purple faces, Such as Pu Tiandiao in "Evil Tiger Village", Fei Degong in "Recruiting Town", and Wei Yan in "Battle of Changsha". Some characters use purple faces to distinguish themselves from other characters on the same stage. For example, the Big Dipper in "Hundred Years of Life" is compared to the South Dipper of Lao Sheng, which makes him appear majestic, while Pang Tong in "Chaisangkou" uses purple faces to express his power. His appearance is ugly.

Pink face in net angle: Pink face generally symbolizes old red-faced characters, such as Su Xian in "Taking Luoyang", Yuan Shao in "The Battle of Panhe", and Hua Zhen in "The Village of Four Heroes" Fang et al.

Green face with a clear angle: Green face generally means bravery and irritability, and has a similar meaning to black face. Some grass bandits who dominate the mountains use green faces. Such as the green-faced tiger in "White Water Beach", Ni Rong in "Qing Ding Zhu", the golden-eyed leopard in "The Lost Child", Cheng Yaojin in "The Legend of the Thieves", etc.

Blue face with clear angle: Blue generally represents strength and insidiousness. In facial makeup, purple and green have similar meanings. They are both extensions of black and represent characters with strong personalities, such as Ma in "Taking Luoyang". Wu represents the sinister character of the characters, such as Xie Hu in "Xue Jia Wo", Jiao Zhenyuan in "Jianfeng Mountain", Dou Erdun in "Luan Tao", etc. Net angle yellow face: Yellow face means the character is brave and fierce or violent and cruel, such as Yuwen Chengdu in "The Wheel of War" and Yang Mo in "Dongting Lake". Dian Wei and others in "Zhan Wancheng".

Gold and silver face with net angle: Gold and silver are widely used in facial makeup of gods and monsters, showing the golden face of gods and the green-faced fangs of ghosts, such as "An Tianhui", "Bottomless Pit", "Peach Club" Yang Jian (Erlang God) in "Red Plum Mountain", Golden Leopard in "Red Plum Mountain", Jin Zhajun in "Attack Tongguan" have a golden face, and Mu Zha in "Attack Tongguan" has a silver face. Some generals also use gold to express their bravery and invincibility, which is used to increase the majesty of their facial makeup, such as Jin Wushu in "The Pulley" and Li Yuanba in "Siping Mountain". When it comes to magical facial makeup, it should be emphasized here that the famous predecessors Actors are opposed to the weird or spooky outlines of the facial makeup of gods and monsters. They are not in favor of realistically painting snakes, scorpions and centipedes on the face. They are also opposed to the painting of ghastly shapes such as skulls in the facial makeup. They believe that this not only undermines the artistic principle of stage beauty, but It also makes people tremble when looking at it, and is harmful to stage performances. It is a superficial approach with low artistic attainments. Even though it is a miraculous mask, it should be similar to a human face.

Net angle tile gray face and ocher face: tile gray and blue have similar meanings in facial makeup application, tile gray face is like Uli Black in "Luhua River", ocher and purple have similar meanings , such as the old man under the moon in "Colorful Houses" and Mi Dang in "Iron Cage Mountain".

Light cyan face with clear angle: the meaning of light cyan between blue and green, such as Zhou Cang's light cyan forehead in "Woniu Mountain" and "Single Sword Club", Zhou Cang in "Qingshi Mountain" The golden forehead in the middle indicates that he will become a god after death.

"Facial makeup" refers to the colorful makeup on the faces of male actors in traditional Chinese dramas. This kind of facial makeup is mainly used for Jing (painted face) and Chou (clown). It has a certain format in form, color and type. Expert viewers can tell from facial makeup whether the character is a hero or a villain, smart or stupid, loved or hated. The charming facial makeup of Peking Opera holds a special place among the countless facial makeups in Chinese dramas. Peking Opera facial makeup is famous for its "symbolism" and "exaggeration". It uses exaggerated and deformed graphics to demonstrate the character's personality traits. The eyes, forehead and cheeks are often painted in the shape of bat, butterfly or swallow wings, together with an exaggerated mouth and nose, to create the desired facial effect.