The talking and chanting clown may wear an official robe with a sash, a loose robe or a belt-pouch, and may play a spirit or a devil, or an old man. The acrobatic clown is a product of combining the performance of bangzi opera with Xipi and Erhuang opera.The facial makeup for male roles with multico...

Hebei Bangzi Opera has four types of roles. Male roles with painted faces are noted for their singing, posture and performance of martial arts. Some wear variegated faces. All these roles attach importance to singing. A unique male role in Hebei Bangzi Opera wears a unicolor face and a white false b...

Hebei Bangzi Opera is a branch of bangzi (clapper) opera. It emerged after bangzi opera came from Shanxi and Shaanxi to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, merging with the local dialects, institution and aesthetics. One of the main genres of opera in Hebei Province, it grew popular across a wide area. The...

Colors are used to exhibit a character’s personal qualities, and temperament is considered the “primary color.”This is the most important aspect of painted faces. But a painted face is composed of designs of different colors. Other colors are used to create designs or shading, or to set off the d...

Color used in face painting is regularized not only to exaggerate a character’s features, but also to identify the color that best brings out the personal disposition and qualities of a character in a play:Red is a color that symbolizes justice, courage, loyalty and determination, as used in the fa...

Black and red colors are applied by rubbing the face with the paint on the palm. White color is applied flat on the face. Cream is used as the base. Painted faces are used for male roles and for clowns. The face of a clown is painted white with a little rose color at the center of the face (around t...