How did the face change in Peking Opera?

Changing face is one of the specialties of Sichuan Opera. It is a romantic expression of the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters in the play. There are three ways to change face shape-wiping face, blowing face and pulling face.

Wipe your face: apply oil paint to a specific part of your face, and then wipe it on your face 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.

Blow face: only suitable for powdered cosmetics, such as gold powder, toner powder, silver powder, etc. Some of them put a small box with powder on the ground of the stage. When an actor does a prone dance, he will take the opportunity to blow his face close to the box, and the powder will jump on his face and immediately become a face of another color.

Pull a face: a complicated way to change your face. Is to draw a face on a piece of silk in advance, cut it open and tie a silk thread to each face. Stick them on your face one by one, and tie the silk thread in a convenient and inconspicuous place. With the needs of the performance, under the cover of dance movements, they are torn off one by one.