1. The red color of Peking Opera facial makeup is generally associated with loyalty, bravery, and chivalry, mostly for positive characters. The representative character of this type of facial makeup is none other than Guan Gong.

2. Some villains also wear red facial makeup, which is ironic. For example, Huang Chao in "Xiangmei Temple" is a rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and his red face is a satire on Tang Xizong's immorality. There is also Liu Jin in "Famen Temple". He is a eunuch who did all bad things, and his red face has a satirical meaning.

3. Red facial makeup is used to meet the needs of stage color coordination. For example, Xiao Yue in "Four Heroes Village" uses red facial makeup to coordinate with the white Bao Zian and pink-faced Hua Zhenfang to achieve color harmony.

4. Red facial makeup is used to illustrate certain facts, such as Liu Guoframe in "Bai Liang Pass", which means that the black-faced Yuchi Baolin is the son of the black-faced Yuchi Gong, not the son of the red-faced Liu Guoframe. ?

Extended information:

Peking opera facial makeup is a special makeup method with Chinese cultural characteristics. Because every historical figure or a certain type of figure has a general musical notation, just like singing and playing music must follow the music score, it is called "face makeup".

Classification of facial makeup:

1. Whole face

One color is the main color, exaggerating the skin color, and then outlining the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth and fine facial muscle lines.

2. Three-piece face

Also known as "three-piece face", it is a drawing that further exaggerates the eyebrows, eyes, and nose on the basis of the whole face, and outlines it with lines There are two brows and one nose, so it is called "three-piece face". Among them, they are further divided into "positive three-tile tiles", "jian three-tile tiles", "flower three-tile tiles", "old three-tile tiles" and so on.

3. Cross door face and sextant face

The cross door face is developed from three tile faces. Its characteristic is that the three colors are reduced into a color bar, stretching from the moon gate to the tip of the nose. Below, this color bar is used to symbolize the character. The main color strip and the eye socket form a "ten", hence the name "Cross Gate Face", which is also divided into "Flower Cross Gate" and "Old Cross Gate".

The characteristics of the six-pointed face are that the main color of the forehead is reduced to a color bar, and the eyebrow shape is exaggerated. The white eyebrow shape accounts for four-tenths, and the main color accounts for six-tenths. "Six points face" is also called "old face".

4. Floral face and crooked face

The floral face evolved from the "flowered three-tile face", retaining the main color, and using auxiliary colors to add outline patterns to other parts. The colors are rich, the compositions are diverse and the lines are fine, so it is called "Flower Face".

The crooked face is mainly used to exaggerate the abnormal facial features and ugly appearance of accomplices and thugs. It is characterized by asymmetrical hooks, giving people a skewed feeling.

5. Monk face and eunuch face

"Monk face" is also known as "monk face". Characteristics are the waist eye sockets, the flowered nose sockets, the flowered mouth, and the forehead with a relic bead round light or nine points, which represents the Buddhist ordination.

The eunuch face is specially used to represent eunuchs who abuse power and harm others. The colors are only red and white. The form is similar to "full face" and "three-piece face", which only exaggerates the characteristics of eunuchs; the forehead is rounded, In order to show his castration and purification, he claimed to be a disciple of Buddhism. The fat lines on the forehead and cheeks show an air of pampering and fatness.

6. Yuanbao face and elephant face

The forehead and face of Wubao face have different colors, and their shape is like a Yuanbao, so they are called "Yuanbao face". There are three types: "ordinary ingot face", "inverted ingot face" and "flower ingot face".

Elephant faces are generally used in mythological dramas. The composition and color are based on the image characteristics of each elf and monster, and there is no fixed formula. The painting method should be like-like but not like-like, and should not be too realistic. It should pay attention to "noting what is expected with the brush", and the most important thing is to "express the spirit" so that the audience can see clearly at a glance what kind of gods and monsters they have transformed into.

7. Fairy Face and Harlequin Face

The fairy face is developed from the "face-lifting" and "three-tile", both of which are used to express the faces of gods and Buddhas, and the composition is based on the Buddha statue. . Mainly use gold and silver, or add gold, silver lines and colored blocks to the auxiliary colors to show the sacred majesty.

Harlequin face, also known as "three-flowered face" or "little flowered face", is characterized by a white "tofu cube" placed in the center of the bridge of the nose, using a comic technique to express the comic characteristics of the character.

8. Little Demon Face and Heroic Face

The "Little Demon Face" represents the characters such as the general and the little demon in the mythical drama. This kind of facial makeup is also called "casual face".

"Hero's face" does not refer to the face of an outstanding figure, but to the face of a thug who plays the role of a boxing and stick teacher and participates in martial arts.

Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia Peking Opera facial makeup