Secrets of Mysterious Face-changing

topic posted Wed, July 18, 2007 - 11:01 PM by  Sarah
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Have u watched the Chinese movie King of Masks?

In the movie, Master Wang has a different face for every day and every town. Wearing an odd piece of headgear, Wang (Zhu Xu) can whip a colorful demon-style silk mask across his face within seconds, and then change that visage in an instant.

Actually, face changing is the highlight of Sichuan Opera; it is a magical art. Actors change more than 10 masks in less than 20 seconds! By raising the hand, swinging a sleeve or tossing the head, an actor uses different masks to show different emotions, expressing invisible and intangible feelings through visible and tangible masks. From green to blue, red, yellow, brown, black, dark and gold, these masks show fear, tension, relaxation, slyness, desperation, outrage, and so on.

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Sarah
Hong Kong
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