Wu Jing also has painted face but different with no mortuary skill (Wen), (Wu) is focusing on the martial skills same with (Wusheng). Wen Jing is a variety of colours outline the makeup of the mask as a prominent sign of the face, showing the personality temperament rough, wonderful, heroic figures. Xiaosheng (young man) and Wusheng (men with martial skills), Jing (Wen Jing and Wu Jing), these all have painted face. Laosheng (middle age or old man), mostly impersonation positive personality character, sometimes wears moustache with red face make-up impersonation Guan Yu. ![]() There are four different characters of Peking opera, respectively Sheng (male roles, pic 5), Dan (female roles, pic 4), Jing (roles with painted faces, pic 6) and Chou or Clown (a comic character) (Chinese Opera: Image and stories, Peter Lovrick, Hongkong). As one of the Chinese traditional culture, it has been widely recognized both at home and abroad. ![]() (Aaron Christopher Yap, Singaporean, 1872s), Ancestors use colour to express emotions, and combine these colours to draw the masks. Peking opera mask colours represent different character, for example, red represents loyalty, black represents integrity, but yellow represents the cruel, white represents the treacherous person.
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