176 Applying Makeup
The set of costumes belonging to Liu Fengying is also very elegant, elegant and exquisite, which is very in line with the identity of Xue Baochuan in the play "Wujia Po".
Liu Fengying's costume is called plain pleats, also known as green clothes or green pleats, which is a kind of costume that specifically reflects the identity of poor middle-aged women, and is classified as a coat.
Women's costumes, like men's costumes, are also very carefully divided and very exquisite.
The costumes of female court officials, queens, concubines, etc., in each play, are also divided into female pythons, female official clothes and palace costumes.
For example, Empress Li in "Fighting the Dragon Robe", She Taijun in "Fighting Meng Liang", and Concubine Li Yan in "Dabaoguo" are all wearing pythons.
Liu Yingchun in "Fan Jiangguan" wears official clothes.
Yang Guifei in "The Drunken Concubine", and the mother in "On the Rooftop" are wearing palace clothes.
The ladies, ladies, maids, and poor women in the play also have their own unique costumes, such as women's drapery, women's pleats, skirts, trousers, jackets, etc.
The maid is the main costume of the lady and the lady, such as Mrs. Jin and Miss Jin Peony in "Bibo Tan", Miss Xiangfu in "Spring Grass Breaking into the Hall", and Miss in "Selling Water", all of them are worn by women.
Women's pleats are divided into two styles in the Dan line, one is worn by the old Dan line, and the second is worn by the Tsing Yi line.
The women's pleats worn in the Tsing Yi line are divided into two kinds of flowers and plains, and the women's flower pleats are mostly worn by young ladies, mainly a kind of shirt when wearing a veil.
The plain pleats are specially worn by Wang Baochuan in the play "Wujia Po" that Cheng Xiaolou is about to sing with Liu Fengying.
In addition to the play "Wujia Po", Qin Xianglian in "Qin Xianglian" and Liu Yingchun in "Fenhe Bay" also wore this kind of plain pleats.
Lao Dan's female pleats are also mostly worn by elderly women from poor families, such as Kang's in "Fishing for Golden Turtles", Li Hou in "After Encountering", and He in "Qingfeng Pavilion", etc., are all dressed in this way.
The three types of dresses, skirts, pants, and jackets are divided into two categories: flowers and plains, which can be used as skirts or pants when worn.
Most of the ladies wearing culottes are ladies from wealthy families, such as the eldest lady and the second miss in "Three Unwilling", and the sister-in-law in "Peacock Flying Southeast".
The pants can not only show girls from poor families, such as Sun Yujiao in "Picking Up Jade Bracelets", and Nian Jin Yunu in "Bean Juice".
It can also show characters such as maids, such as the maid who follows Wang Baochuan in "Three High-Fives", and the maid who follows Jin Yunu in "Stick Beats Bo Qinglang".
The so-called phoenix in distress is not as good as a chicken, and the young lady in the middle of the family road is often not as good as a maid.
The culture of Peking Opera is broad and profound, and the costumes alone have their perfect system and cultural heritage in them.
Often many senior theater fans, as soon as the gong actors just appeared on stage, they can roughly guess what kind of drama this is based on their appearance.
"Master Hua, do you need to ask her to try on Boss Liu's costume?"
Cheng Xiaolou tried on his clothes, took off the sword at his waist and put it on the table and asked.
"That's not necessary, Master Zhang has made costumes for Feng Ying for ten years, and he has long remembered her size and preferences, and all the clothes made by Master Zhang will generally not go wrong. ”
Hua Ye smiled faintly, his eyes always stayed on Cheng Xiaolou, and he always felt a little awkward in his heart when he saw it.
Before the official stage, the process required to dress up is very complicated.
After Liu Fengying finally rehearsed the finale "A Hundred Birds and a Phoenix", she returned to the dressing room without stopping and began to dress up.
According to common sense, assistant actors like Cheng Xiaolou will dress up in their own lounge, but Xiao Lou is not like this, but was specially called by Liu Fengying to her exclusive dressing room, and the top makeup artist in China will dress it up in person.
"Boss Cheng, I'm really sorry, I can't let you rest when I put on makeup. I still have some uncertainties about the role of Wang Baochuan in "Wujia Po", and I asked Boss Cheng to give me advice. ”
As soon as she saw Cheng Xiaolou, who was wearing clothes, come in behind Hua Ye, Liu Fengying politely took the initiative to get up and explained to him with a chuckle.
"Boss Liu, you are already very powerful, you have silenced the whole drama in just one night, Xiao Lou really admires it, if there is anything unclear, just ask, Xiao Lou must know everything and say everything. ”
Cheng Xiaolou bowed slightly and returned the salute, and then sat in front of the makeup mirror next to her at the invitation of Liu Fengying, taking advantage of the makeup work to take the trouble to talk for Liu Fengying.
The appearance of Peking Opera is very exquisite, and the dress of each industry is completely different.
As soon as Cheng Xiaolou sat down, the makeup artist cleaned his face and then began to apply the base color.
The so-called base color is actually a special oil paint, and the makeup artist slapped it on his face little by little after adjusting it on the palm of his hand.
In order not to damage Cheng Xiaolou's skin as much as possible, the makeup artist also smeared a thin layer of cleansing oil on his face before applying the base color.
After the background color is good, it is the second step - red!
The so-called red is to buckle the red oil paint on the index finger after the background color is finished, wipe it along the protruding part of the eyeball, until the sideburns cover the eyebrows, and then wipe the other half of the eyeball until the eyebrow head and then to the eye socket, and then gradually become shallow to the cheekbones, and the side face also gradually becomes lighter and gradually excessive.
Finally, point red on the door of the brain, and the red is usually slowly dotted with the index finger, some open the sky, there are also bridges, there are ingots, there are triangles, there are flames.
Cheng Xiaolou's play tonight became popular, and the makeup artist directly called Tongtian according to his requirements.
After the red, it's time to set the makeup.
The makeup artist dipped the puff in the flesh-colored setting powder and pressed it on Cheng Xiaolou's face a little bit, and then used a board brush to sweep away the excess makeup powder on his face.
Of course, the makeup artist's movements were very gentle, which did not affect Cheng Xiaolou's drama with Liu Fengying at all.
After the setting powder, it is time to apply rouge, which is also a very important process in Peking Opera makeup.
The makeup artist followed Cheng Xiaolou's red face after setting the makeup just now, crushed the rouge with his fingers and gently wiped it on his head.
I have to say that the makeup artist's skills are really good, and the rouge is just right.
Because the rouge will be very red if you rub it a little too much, the eyes must be brushed a little bit with a small brush, and it must be blurred, otherwise it will appear to be one by one when the lights are played on the stage.
The next step after applying rouge is to draw the eyebrows.
The makeup artist used dry black for Cheng Xiaolou's thrush, dipped a soft pen in some water and then some dry black, and then painted slightly up along his eyebrows.
The eyeliner is also used in dry black instead of oil paint, and the old eyeliner is relatively thinner, and the corner of the eye is sharpened, and the look will come out instantly.