Take everyone into the "costumes" in Beijing opera and see the gorgeous beauty in the "costumes" in Beijing opera.
On the stage of Beijing Opera, what you wear is called "wardrobe". To the layman, I only think that Beijing opera costumes are colorful and dazzling. In fact, the use of Peking Opera costumes is extremely complicated and exquisite.
The costumes of Beijing Opera are mainly from the Ming Dynasty. On this basis, some improved designs have been made according to the characteristics of actors' singing and dancing. Because Peking Opera was formed in the Qing Dynasty, there are many characteristics of Manchu costumes, such as jackets and horseshoe sleeves of arrow clothes. Moreover, the foreigners in the play are all wearing national flag costumes, which shows that they are not from the Central Plains.
It can be said that the stage costumes of Beijing opera do not belong to any dynasty, and there is a set of independent rules for who should wear what.
The most formal dress of dignitaries-python skin
Python is a costume that the emperor will wear on formal occasions, which is equivalent to the current dress. People wearing pythons have an extraordinary position. Python is an animal that looks like a dragon. The pythons on the stage are modeled after ancient dragon robes and embroidered robes.
There are many colors of pythons, including yellow, red, white, black, green, purple, blue, pink and fragrant (fragrant color is a kind of yellow-green, which can be worn by the elderly). Pythons of different colors are suitable for different types of characters. Yellow pythons can only be worn by emperors, and princes wear them for "rebellion." Red pythons are prepared for important imperial officials who are related to the country or dominate the palace, such as Xu and Prime Minister Cao Cao.
Female pythons, like male pythons, are the most solemn dresses of noble women such as queens, concubines, princesses and wives. The occasions that need to wear pythons are particularly grand, such as Yang Guifei's wearing pythons when she goes to court in Drunkenness of the Imperial Lady, Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei's marriage in The Dragon and Phoenix, and Wang Baochuan, who was sealed in the Golden Palace in Ursa Major.
The daily clothes of princesses-dancing court clothes
Palace costume, also called palace costume and dance costume, is a very beautiful costume that can dance. Palace costumes, like pythons, are the daily clothes of aristocratic women. Although it is not as formal and solemn as a python, it is really more exquisite and gorgeous! When dancing, dozens of ribbons and layers of silk spikes, accompanied by white sleeves, dance and move, and the beauty is dizzying. Those lucky enough to wear this dress are women of great status, such as Chai Jun of Champion Media.
Work clothes for civil servants-official clothes
Official uniforms are the work clothes of civil servants. For those civil servants who are not qualified to wear pythons, this is the most formal dress.
The colors of official uniforms are mainly red, purple, blue and black. Red is the noble color next to yellow, which is both eye-catching and festive. Anyone who is admitted to the top scholar and promoted to a higher position must wear red official clothes. The official position of purple official dress is also very high. People in China often say that "purple gas comes from the east". The ancient literati's dream was to "take off their clothes and put on purple robes" one day. In Hero, Dr. Lu wore purple official clothes. Blue official uniforms are mostly worn by junior civil servants, such as Shi Yu Tian Dan in Huang Jintai and Zhao Lian, the magistrate of Famen Temple. The lowest rank is wearing black official uniforms, either door officials or prison officials.
Casual clothes that you can go out to meet people-Kui
Men are men's casual clothes, which are more comfortable and loose to wear, and there is no problem coming out to meet people, so that people will not misunderstand that you don't respect each other enough. Men, from emperors to squires, can wear them as long as they are mature and dignified and have a good family background. When the figure is doing the action, the skirt is fluttering, which adds a touch of chic to the already solemn and elegant figure.
Women are similar to men, but different in length. Women who are not married can also wear clothes.
Loved couples on the stage sometimes wear the same colors and patterns to show their case Qi Mei, which can be called "lovers' wallets". Liu Yanchang and his wife in Fannie and Freddie, and Liu Bei and Sun Shangxiang in "The Dragon and the Phoenix" are all dressed in this way.
The pleats that everyone wears.
Pleat: Pleat, read xué here, is a kind of casual clothes that can be worn by men, women and children. Peking Opera also calls pleats "Taoist robes". Because of its wide use, there are many kinds and colors of pleats. Embroidered patterns are called flower pleats, and solid colors are called plain pleats. Heavy satin is called hard pleat, and thin crepe is called soft pleat.
Most people who wear green flowers are rich and heartless dudes or greenwood people; Those who wear shallow khaki pleats, also called old clothes, are the elderly at the bottom of society; Those who wear green pleats (that is, black pleats) and white-collar workers are upright poor people; Those who wear blue pleated white-collar workers are elegant people with lofty temperament.