Sichuan Opera's changing face is an important part of Sichuan Opera's performing arts and a folk art treasure created and inherited by Sichuan Opera artists in past dynasties. Changing face is one of the special skills of Sichuan opera performance art, and it is a romantic expression of the characters' inner thoughts and feelings.

Face-changing originally refers to the emotional makeup in China traditional operas, and later refers to a stunt that changes facial makeup many times in an instant. This kind of performance can be found in many operas, among which Sichuan Opera is the most famous.

Method of changing face

1. Wipe your face: paint a specific part of your face, and then wipe it with your hands to become another face. If you want to change everything, draw it on your forehead or eyebrows. If you just want to change the lower part of your face, draw them on your face or nose.

2. Face blowing: only suitable for powdery cosmetics, such as gold powder, toner, silver powder, etc. Actors put powdered cosmetics in containers at specific positions on the stage, or in containers such as wine glasses used by characters. When an actor does a prone position or other specific dance movements, he takes the opportunity to put his face close to the vessel, close his eyes, hold his breath, and blow through his mouth, and the powder will jump on his face and immediately become a face of another color.

3, pulling face: a more complicated method of changing face. Is to draw a face on a piece of silk in advance, cut it open and tie a silk thread to each face.

One by one, several faces are stacked together and pasted on the face. Each side has a specific silk thread, which is tied in a convenient and inconspicuous place of the clothes. With the needs of the performance, under the cover of dance movements, they were quickly dismantled one by one. This method is ingenious and neat.