these are the 24 masks that we have chosen:
1) Cao cao
2) Zhang Bao
3) Zhang fei
4) Xia Hou Dun
5) Xia Hou Yuan
6) Xu Chu
7) Sun Quan
8) Zhou Cang
9) Tai Shi Ci
10) Jiang Wei
11) Huang Gai
12) Dian Wei
13) Cai Yang
14) Guan Yu
15) Zhang He
16) Wang Ling
17) Cheng Pu
18) Gao Wang
19) Kong Xiu
20) Dong Zhou
21) Guo Huai
22) Meng da
23) Yan Yan
24) Wei Yan
Zhang Fei
A skilled warrior armed and trained with the spear.
Xia Houdun
Xia Houdun, a relative of Cao Cao. He mastered the spear and mace however, committed murder and ran, eventually turned into a reliable and brave warrior.
Xu Chu
Xu Chu is Cao Cao’s personal bodyguard. He earned the nickname Crazy Tiger as he is usually absent-minded but when on the battleground, fierce.
Taishi Ci
Taishi Ci was faithful in his duties and an expert in archery.
Wei Yan
Wei Yan possessed superior combat skills. He spent many years of service under Shu as first class warrior.
Yan Yan
Yan Yan was Acting Military Counselor of Zhuge Liang’s Northern Campaign. He died of natural causes while in Zhuge Liang’s service.
Meng Da
Meng Da pledged his allegiance to Liu Bei upon his entry into Shu.
Zhang Bao
He is the son of Zhang Fei and brotherhood of Guan Xing.
Zhang He
He was a bold and skillful warrior. He joined Han Fu's army to suppress the Yellow Scarves Rebellion.
Guan Yu
Liu Bei was planning to raise an army to help Han king, so Guan Yu and Zhang Fei decided do join him. Eventually, they became sworn brothers in the
Dian Wei
He served as a bodyguard to the powerful warlord, Cao Cao.
Cao Cao
Although often portrayed as a cruel and merciless tyrant, Cao Cao has also been praised as a brilliant ruler and military genius who treated his officers like his family.
Huang Gai
He was renowned as a hardened combat veteran who loyally served three Sun Family lords throughout his lifetime
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Zhou Cang
He was described as "dark complexioned, tall, with stiff curly beard". Zhou Cang was active under Guan Yu's command and committed suicide upon seeing his beheaded head.
Sun Quan
Sun Quan strengthened his position in the southeast and planned his territorial expansion. He set sights on the territories of Jingzhou that was then under the control of Liu Biao.
Xia Houyuan
A warlord in
Guo Huai
Guo Huai was recommended for his filial piety and personal integrity. He was made General of the Left and General of the Forward Army when back to Jiang Wei’s invasion.
Dong Zhuo
He is regarded as the worst villain by many. Although he had a part in helping to suppress the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, he was an ungrateful scorn.
Cheng Pu
Cheng Pu was known as a man of wits and skill, able to handle different situations with a wide range of knowledge.
Gao Wang
Gao Wang was a general of Yang family. After he was demoted, his family became separated and lost touch, until met his son in Mu Hu Pass, they became reunited.
Wang Ling
He was nominated as Xiaolian and become the Grand Administrator of Zhongshan. His excellent public service was noticed by Chancellor Cao Cao, who moved him into his office.
Cai Yang
Cai Yang, a general of Cao Cao, killed by Guan Yu outside the
Kong Xiu
Kong Xiu, guardian of
Dan actors plays female roles such as qingyi (demure), huadan (vivacious young), xiaodan (maiden), wudan (military), laodan (elderly) and huashan (young and beautiful comic).
Sheng
Male roles which wear light makeup and look refine and handsome. It consists of laosheng (elderly), wusheng (military), xiaosheng (young),wawasheng (boys) and hongsheng (red-faced).
Chou
They are humorous and insidious men, mostly sharp-witted, clever, honest and kindhearted. There are wenchou (comic civillian) and wuchou (acrobatic-fighting comic).
Jing facial meaning
It is to exaggerate the characters’ features and facial lines and express their personalities and characteristics to strengthen the over-all plot of the play.
Zheng Jing (Primary)
Zheng Jing are righteous, heroic characters. They move about the stage with slow, stately grace and stresses singing and acting over martial arts.
Fu Jing (Secondary)
Fu Jing are neutral characters, they demonstrate an intriguing combination of beauty and ugliness, crudeness and sophistication, repulsiveness and charm.
Wu Jing (Military)
Rough and tumble fighters. They tend to be brave and loyal, as well as rash and foolhardy.
Colors
Red
Brave, loyal and righteous, but rush and hasty
Black
Honest. They are brutally violent, but essentially good hearted
Off White
Cunning, treacherous
Headstrong and haughty
Sudden violent outburst
Cautious brave
Virtue middle or elderly age person
Hypocrite low ranking officers,
Old aged
Eyes
Long, gently tapering triangle
For villainous warriors, resembles a fierce stare
Rectangular or round shape; meaning bold and resolute, and mild-mannered respectively
Droop at corners to complement elderly eyebrows
Rash and violent character
Special feature of monk characters
Appear in popular folk tales
Basic
Adding a little paint to the actual eyebrow
Often appears on villain, triangular-shaped block of paint extend upward from eyebrow nearest to nose
Sweeping curve upward and droops downward, represent sagging eyelids of an elderly
Decorative, often added to elderly eyebrow
Cunning, treacherous and evil character, to exaggerate the effect when they knit their eyebrow
Not obvious that he is evil but doesn’t mean that they are good-hearted
A sign of wild and brutish charcter, it resembles the teeth of a sawblade
Slender and curving in shape, additional patterns on face design
Originates from Chinese folktale, exclusive to the character Kuan Yu
Certain villainous characters possess it, resembles the pinchers of praying mantis
Shaped like the blade of a saber, represents brave and dependable
Resembles the written Chinese character six, usually for elderly, respectable government ministers or generals
Most commonly seen, one colour for forehead, nose and cheeks, patterns and colours used to emphasize eyebrows, eyes and mouth regions
Crossed-shaped pattern centered on the bridge of the nose, resembles the written Chinese character ten
Appears on generals of lower standing and wandering warriors, addition of patterns and colours to the three-tile pattern until it doesn’t looks one
One-of-a-kind face which portray their distinct personalities and mannerism
White make-up applied by hand instead of painted on, symbolize cold-blooded and inhuman
finally found the shop!!!
a lot of stuffs rite...
the creams and oil pastels for face painting
explaining to us...
telling us the difference of the hats
different hats
masks
lady and gentlemen shoes
princess's(ge ge) shoes
see the similarity?
back to chinatown and saw this interesting old man...
at mac discussing... table messy rite... means we are working hard...
rough flowchart
Zhang Fei
A skilled warrior armed and trained with the spear. He went heads on with Lu Bu, but both man we on par. Cheng Yu, a rival, remarked out of fear and admiration, "The strength of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu combined is equal to an army of ten thousand soldiers!"
Zhou Chu is disliked by many. He killed both the disasters but the people thought he was defeated too. They were wrong, he returned and seek help to change his ways to be a better person which he did become.
Xia Houdun
Xia Houdun, relative of Cao Cao. He was trained since young and has mastered the spear and mace from a certain master. He committed murder and had to run, however he turned into a reliable and brave warrior.
Xia Houyuan
A warlord in
Xiang Yu
Chinese aristocratic general and cultural hero. The sketch tells of his arrogant, impetuous character that led to his demise. Xiang Yu was from a noble family in the former State of
Xu Chu
Xu Chu is Cao Cao’s personal bodyguard. He earned the nickname Crazy Tiger as he is usually absent-minded but when on the battleground, fierce.
Huang Gai
An officer with Wu since the days of Sun Jian. A master of the iron staff. At the Battle of Chi Bi, together with Zhou Yu, he hatched the "Last Resort" plan. After being "attacked" by Zhou Yu, Huang Gai surrendered to Cao Cao, where he then set fire to the Wei fleet, leading to a great victory for Wu.
Cao Cao rose to prominence when he suppressed the Yellow Turban rebellion in the last years of the Han. Though the rebellion was suppressed, the dynasty was irreparably weakened, and in the ensuing chaos Cao Cao occupied the strategic northern section of China around the capital of Luoyang. His domain was known as the Kingdom of Wei. Confucian historians and popular legends alike describe him as the archetypal unscrupulous villain; he is portrayed as such in the famous 14th-century novel Sanguozhi Yanyi ("Romance of the Three Kingdoms"). His son, Cao Pei, founded the Wei dynasty (220-265/266).
In the opera "Three Kingdoms." When he was out hunting one day, Xia Houdun met Dian Wei, a bold warrior, and recommended him to Cao Cao. In the campaign against Lu Bu at Xuzhou, he led a division and fought Gao Shun; one of Lu Bu's general. Gao Shun began to weaken and ran back but was chased by Xia Houdun. Unfortunately, Xia Houdun was shot in his left eye by Lu Bu's general Cao Xing. He put up his head and pulled out the arrow and with it also his eye. He yelled, "Essence of my father, blood of my mother, I cannot throw this away!" and he swallowed his eye. Then he swung his spear and ran his horse into his new enemy, Cao Xing and struck the spear full in the enemy's face. Although he lost an eye since then, he was still powerful with one eye.
Gao Wang is a character of "Mu Hu Pass", from the book "The Historical Novel of Yang Family Mansion." Gao Wang was a general of Yang family. After he was demoted, his family became separated and they lost touch with each other. At last, when Gao Wang met his son in Mu Hu Pass, then his became family reunited.
Guan Yu
Guan Yu in the later Han dynasty, a period of instability in Chinese history as warring factions tried to wrest control from the weak Han rulers. This turbulent era and Guan Yu's exploits have been colorfully recorded in the Chinese classic, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
In the opera "Three Kingdoms." Zhang He was a bold and skillful warrior. In the closing years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, as a volunteer, Zhang He joined Han Fu's army to suppress the Yellow Scarves Rebellion. Then he took the post of a Commander under Han Fu. When Han Fu surrendered his region Jizhou to Yuan Shao, Zhang He offered his service to Yuan Shao. Under Yuan Shao, he became one of his top generals. He was very active in the campaign against Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shao won many battles thanks to his outstanding performance against Gongsun Zan, and he took the post of Imperial Corps Commander.
