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Chinese opera performers mainly have two methods of makeup: masks and facial painting. The frequent on-stage change of masks, without the audience noticing, is a special technique, known as changing faces (biàn liǎn 变脸). Opera facial painting falls into four main categories -- personality makeup (facial designs, painted faces or Lian Pu), decorative makeup (decorated faces), mood makeup (changing facial designs), and pictographic makeup (animal-like facial designs). |
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 Peking opera of China is a national treasure with a history of 200 years. In the 55th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty(1790),the four big Huiban opera Troupes entered the capital and combined with Kunqu opera, Yiyang opera, Hanju opera and Luantan in Beijing's thearetical circle of the time. Through a period of more than half a century of combination and integration of various kinds of opera there evolved the present Peking opera, the biggest kind of opera in China, whose richness of repertoire, great number of artists of performance and of audiences, and profound influence are incomparable in China.
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Have u watched the Chinese movie King of Masks?
In the movie, Master Wang has a different face for every day and every town. Wearing an odd piece of headgear, Wang (Zhu Xu) can whip a colorful demon-style silk mask across his face within seconds, and then change that visage in an instant.
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 China is a large country with a time-honored tradition of dramatic art, which has undergone about 800 years of evolution. More than 300 dramatic forms are still thriving throughout the country.
Modern Chinese drama originated from the west. Compared with China's long-standing indigenous dramatic art, it is merely a late-comer It is an art form introduced from the west when Chinese society evolved towards |
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The Origin of Modern Chinese Drama
 When talking about modern Chinese drama, many people consider it an "imported product".Then, does this mean that Chinese artists have accepted the western drama passively and implanted arbitrarily an alien Cultural factor in a self-sufficient culture? That is not the case. In the beginning of this century, with the decline of the Great Qing Empire, some persons with lofty ideals turned their eyes to the west in hope of seeking a remedy for Chinese society. It is in that process of exploring revolution that western drama was introduced to China. This should be considered an active cultural option on the part of Chinese artists as well as a historical coincidence.
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Chinese Drama at the Initial Stage
The innovated traditional Chinese drama was not modern drama in the true sense despite the fact that it had used for reference some elements from the west. The students' participation in performances,, though somewhat similar to modern drama, could only be regarded as a preparation for modern Chinese drama. In general, drama historians deemed the Spring Willow Society's performance of la Dame aux Camelias and Uncle Tom's Cabin in Tokyo as the beginning of modern Chinese drama.
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