The roles on the stage of Peking Opera do not appear according to the true colors of people in life, but are artistically exaggerated in makeup and costumes according to the gender, personality, age, occupation and social status of the roles played, thus dividing the roles on the stage into four types: life, Dan, purity and ugliness. These four special terms in Peking Opera are called "Shang".
Extended information Peking Opera mask
Red face contains praise, representing loyalty and courage; Black face is neutral, representing fierce wisdom; Blue face and green face are also neutral, representing rebellious heroes; Yellow face and white face are derogatory, representing fierceness; Gold and silver surfaces are mysterious, representing gods and demons.
Color painting method
The color painting methods of Peking Opera facial makeup are basically divided into three categories: rubbing face, wiping face and hooking face. The initial function of Facebook is only to exaggerate the five senses and facial texture of the characters in the play, and to express their personality, psychology and physical characteristics in an exaggerated way, thus serving the whole plot of the play.
But later, from simple to complex, from coarse to fine, from surface to inside, from shallow to deep, Facebook gradually became a graphic art with national characteristics and human faces as its means of expression.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Peking Opera