Peking Opera facial makeup

Author: Lu Zhongmin
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The "Foreign Pictures" series of albums collects nearly 10,000 exquisite "foreign pictures" from the multi-generational collection of Mr. Liu Yunlu, a private collector. The content covers a wide range of topics, including politics, economics, ethics, folklore, opera, literature, sports, entertainment, landscapes, flora, and fauna. It is a comprehensive encyclopedia that vividly depicts early 20th-century China. "Foreign pictures" are invaluable references for scholars and researchers in folkloristics, history, and cultural history, as well as for artists engaged in theater, film, fine arts, and literature.
Mask patterns are the facial makeup styles used by zhang (a type of character in Chinese opera) performers, characterized by strong emotions. They are a personalized and stylized form of art. The zhang role is also known as a flower face or flower mask. Through patterns on the forehead, eyebrows, eye sockets, nose, cheeks, and mouth, the masks reveal the personality of the character, as well as their age, status, temperament, fate, and experiences. The strokes and colors of the patterns carry different meanings. The comprehensive presentation of "foreign pictures" will serve as a valuable reference for people to reassess this unique phenomenon in the history of Chinese tobacco, study Chinese tobacco culture, explore the development of commercial art in China, and promote the growth of contemporary Chinese commercial art and advertising industries.