China culture Sichuan opera

Sichuan Opera
Sichuan opera is noted for its pitched tune accompanied only by
percussion and chorus without any wind or string instruments. It also
built a system of stylized movements and its acting is both exquisite
and vivid. In order to portray special characters, it creates a
series of stunts including the face-changing the performer changing
it suddenly on the stage. Most of the programmers in the wide
repertoire of the Sichuan opera are adapted from the Chinese
classical novel, mythology, legend and folk tale. Besides, the
performance is always full of wit, humor, lively dialogue and
pronounced local flavor. The Sichuan opera has also built a system of
stylized movements and its acting is both exquisite and vivid. In
order to portray special characters, it creates a series of stunts
including the "face-changing." In Chinese opera, facial makeup is
usually painted, but in Sichuan opera, the performer can change it
suddenly on the stage. Therefore, it makes the audience exclaim with
admiration.
The performer has to make many special masks in advance, which are
made of gauzy and elastic material, such as the membrane of the
sheep's embryo, the rubber similar to that of a balloon. After being
painted with different patterns of the face and covered with a kind
of transparent and hardly visible thread, the special masks will be
pasted onto the face of the performer, who is ready to perform on the
stage. The performer needs to be insulated for makeup before every
performance and it merely takes fifteen minutes for the makeup to be
applied. The special masks for the 'Face off' must be made in
accordance with the face of the performer to ensure the effect of
being pasted closely on the face of the performer. Previously, the
special masks were abandoned after the performance, but now they can
be recycled after being meliorated.


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