Makeup Cantonese opera



a female general


applying makeup cantonese opera long , specialized process. 1 of common styles white , red face : application of white foundation , red color around eyes fades down bottom of cheeks. eyebrows black , elongated. usually, female characters have thinner eyebrows males. there black makeup around eyes shape similar eyes of chinese phoenix (鳳眼; fung ngaan). lipstick bright red (口唇膏; hau seon gou).


actors given temporary facelifts holding skin ribbon on of head. lifts corners of eyes, producing authoritative look.


each role has own style of make-up: clown has large white spot in middle of face, example. sick character has thin red line pointing upwards in between eyebrows. aggressive , frustrated character roles have arrow shape fading forehead in between eyebrows (英雄脂; jing hung zi).


strong male characters wear open face (開面; hoi min) makeup. each character s makeup has own distinct characteristics, symbolic patterns , coloration.







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