It is characterized by a slight application of colored ink (that is, scraping eyebrows with charcoal ink and kneading face with rouge) to achieve beautification effect, also known as plain face or cleansing face.
Handsome makeup is to abandon the differences in appearance between characters, concentrate on the similarities and differences of several characters' faces, and summarize and refine them.
It is not unique to a certain role of Zhang San and Li Si, but belongs to a certain role's makeup mode.
Not far from real life, not far from modern makeup technology, but in harmony with artistic exaggerated costumes and virtual performances.
It focuses on the correct and delicate facial features of the characters in the play, but the usage and painting method vary with the age, identity and life situation of the characters: the red color of eyebrows, eyes and cheeks can be thicker for young and middle-aged people, lighter for the elderly, thicker for those who are strong and well-off, and lighter for those who are sick or poor.
This is just the general situation.
Combine specific characters; There are more detailed changes. For example, Zhou played in The Pavilion of the Wind, and after looking forward to it, he washed away the red color (between the eyebrows) and painted it with white powder to show the aging and spiritual bitterness of the characters, while in The Book of Sweeping Matsushita, the same old man had to paint some faint red on his cheeks.
Because Zhang Guangcai is old, but her blood is still alive. She was swept away in the autumn wind, blown by the wind for a long time, and her face naturally turned red.
At the same time, he sent a message describing the tragic situation of the Cai family, which made him ungrateful and excited, and the red on his cheeks played a foil role.
In addition, black eyebrows and eyes are also different: black eyebrows and dark circles in young adults can be painted thicker, slightly thicker in middle age, and dark circles are not painted in old age, and gray or white eyebrows are painted.
And Dan Jiao's heavy makeup and light makeup.
For example, when playing Qin Xianglian and Zhao Wuniang, Tsing Yi has to work, they all wear light make-up to clear their faces, and their eyes and cheeks are slightly red, just to show the healthy skin color of the people in the play.
Only girls, young women who play rich children or frivolous women can paint more heavily to show the heavy makeup of the people in the play.
Junpai is different from the makeup method of drama, and rarely uses wrinkles and shadows to express old age.
So the face looks clean and full of decorative beauty.
In the early days, Peking Opera was mostly performed in the open air, such as grass platforms and squares, relying on natural lighting.
Sheng Dan's makeup is light. After the late Qing dynasty, a new stage appeared, and lights were used instead. The light on the stage changes from dark to bright, and the color of makeup increases accordingly.
Cosmetics used to be pastels such as pollen and rouge, but it is relatively recent to change them to oil paints.
Handsome makeup generally uses two lines: raw and Dan.
The makeup procedure is also relatively simple.