Empress Dowager Cixi took eunuch Li and a group of maids to play Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Today, I will introduce the makeup process of "Dan" to all opera fans, so that everyone can experience the exquisite and complicated appearance of Beijing opera. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "one minute on the stage and ten years off the stage". Apart from polishing and carving the singing, a perfect and decent dress is often very particular.
Before the detailed introduction, let's say that all the makeup, costumes and things worn on the head, body and hands of Peking Opera actors should be understood as a stylized element, and each piece has a fixed symbolic meaning. An expert can guess the difference just by looking at a person's clothes, his occupation, temperament, status, position, situation and even his future destiny.
Back to the topic, the makeup of an actress is more complicated, so a delicate actress must start making up at least two hours in advance to draw an impeccable makeup. The following is a step-by-step introduction:
Dress up
I heard that some opera fans call the makeup of Beijing opera actors "grabbing faces", but actually "grabbing faces" means drawing faces. As shown in the picture, just painted makeup and eyebrows, which is thicker than our usual makeup. This is called "handsome dressing". Of the four major lines of Beijing Opera, only "Jing" and "Ugliness" are linked with faces, while "Sheng" and "Dan" are both handsome ornaments (some special roles are linked with faces).
Step 2: Pull your head.
Every profession of Peking Opera should be restrained. Different professions, different operas, different roles and different actors should have different ways of restraint. For example, martial arts actors are bound more tightly than literary actors, and the roles of difficult skills such as "hanging hair", "grabbing back", "zombie" and "throwing hair" should be bound more tightly, otherwise their hoods will fall off in public when they tumble on the stage. You should wear a helmet and hat, but you can't tie the actor's head into a gourd shape in case it falls. This scale can test the skill of the comb master.
Pulling the head determines the success or failure of the actor's appearance. This is the most important step: first, put the net on the actor's head, then pick up the long belts on both sides to grab the eyebrows, hang them up hard, wrap them around the head twice, tie them tightly, and then tie a black gauze soaked in water to hook a smooth hairline in the shape of a moon door. After that, the actor's facial skin is all taut, and his eyebrows and canthus are inclined to the sideburns like swords. People look radiant, radiant, and the energy of daily practice has expanded dozens of times at this moment.
Good-looking, actors can bear hardships. Being tightly held by two cloth belts, especially pressing on important acupoints such as the sun and Tianzhu, will vomit soon if there is no long-term efforts to support it. I'm afraid only the Monkey King can match that feeling.
Step 3: Paste the film.
The so-called "membrane" is made of real human hair, divided into locks and stuck around the face to decorate the black hair circle of the face. The position and technique of film pasting are very important for dressing up, and any face can be adjusted into a beautiful duck egg face through film pasting:
Leslie Cheung's face, before and after the film is not very different; The differences between some actors are very obvious. Cheng, the ancestor of the "four famous figures", was charming in his early years, and later he became fat in his middle age, becoming such a left:
How to sing this role with a big face in a silver basin depends entirely on the film. The picture below shows Cheng's Dream in the Garden. At that time, he had begun to gain weight, but he still looked good after being covered (he was fatter in his later years and needed to be covered with two layers of film) ...
Step 4: comb the surface of the big head and plug.
The so-called "big head" is to imitate the bun that ancient women combed behind their heads. Combing your hair is already a kung fu. Like the traditional operas in China, the whole set is dressed up with wigs, and the procedures are very complicated, including wearing curtains, pulling out big hair clips and wearing hair pads.