Sichuan Opera Skills "Changing Faces "

Legend has it that "independence" is the human face of the fierce and ancient beast, In order to survive their face in different ways, given different forms to frighten the animal invasion. Sichuan Opera "transform" onto the stage with marvelous skills to make it a unique art. Diverse methods generally are divided into three types : the "clean face", "blowing the face", "ball." In addition, there is also a "lucky" attitude changed.

"Clearing the face" to the make-up grease paint Tu face a particular location, when a hand to his face whispering, will become another face। If all changed, the amount of grease paint on the surface or eyebrows, if only the second half of the face changes, grease paint can be applied to the face or nose. If only a partial change, only Tu grease paint to change the location can be. "Blowing face" can only be applied to powder-like cosmetics, such as powder, graphite, silver, and so on. Some of the arena on the ground facing a small box, containing powder, the actors to do when she prostrated herself in a dance movements, seized the opportunity to face close to blowing a box, put powder on my face, and immediately became a different color on the face. One must bear in mind : blowing when closed, and closed breath "in collaboration face" is a more complex method of a change of face. It is prior art in a mask of a silk fabric, scissors, and have each mask is a string, again to a one stuck to the face. Thread went clothes in a smoothly without visible places (such as on a belt). With the progress of the plot, the dance movements under the cover of a one it to be translated to. "Collaborating face" a certain degree of difficulty. First, the adhesive sticky mask not too many, so that when poles down, or all of a mask to have translated. Second, action should be brief and leave action to clever and can cover STYLOMMATOPHORA audience. There is a way of "changing face of luck." Qigong can be used by the face so red to gray and then white to green, agreed that the performance of fear.