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Infomation Flowchart

2008-02-21T12:21:00.002+08:00

Day8

2008-02-20T19:48:00.002+08:00

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

THEIR HISTORY:

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 Peach Garden.

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

Jiang Wei

He has great ability and a profound knowledge of the universe. Jiang Wei became the successor to Zhuge Liang.

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 Wei Kingdom and died in the battle for Mount Dingjun.

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 Castle of Gucheng.

Kong Xiu

Kong Xiu, guardian of Dongling Pass was slain by Guan Yu when he refused to let Guan Yu who was escorting Liu Bei's spouses through the Pass.

PEKING OPERA INFO

Peking opera (京剧), is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.

Dan

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

Blue
Headstrong and haughty

Green
Sudden violent outburst

Purple
Cautious brave

Pink
Virtue middle or elderly age person

Yellow
Hypocrite low ranking officers,

Grey
Old aged

Eyes

Villain
Long, gently tapering triangle

Large villain
For villainous warriors, resembles a fierce stare

Straight
Rectangular or round shape; meaning bold and resolute, and mild-mannered respectively

Elderly
Droop at corners to complement elderly eyebrows

Ring
Rash and violent character

Kidney
Special feature of monk characters

Phoenix
Appear in popular folk tales

Eyebrow

Basic
Adding a little paint to the actual eyebrow

Triangular
Often appears on villain, triangular-shaped block of paint extend upward from eyebrow nearest to nose

Elderly
Sweeping curve upward and droops downward, represent sagging eyelids of an elderly

Dot
Decorative, often added to elderly eyebrow

Villain
Cunning, treacherous and evil character, to exaggerate the effect when they knit their eyebrow

Uneven
Not obvious that he is evil but doesn’t mean that they are good-hearted

Sawtoothed
A sign of wild and brutish charcter, it resembles the teeth of a sawblade

Butterfly
Slender and curving in shape, additional patterns on face design

Reclining Silkworm
Originates from Chinese folktale, exclusive to the character Kuan Yu

Praying Mantis
Certain villainous characters possess it, resembles the pinchers of praying mantis

Sword
Shaped like the blade of a saber, represents brave and dependable

Facial Patterns

Numeral Six
Resembles the written Chinese character six, usually for elderly, respectable government ministers or generals

Three-tile
Most commonly seen, one colour for forehead, nose and cheeks, patterns and colours used to emphasize eyebrows, eyes and mouth regions

Numeral Ten
Crossed-shaped pattern centered on the bridge of the nose, resembles the written Chinese character ten

Fractured
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

Unique
One-of-a-kind face which portray their distinct personalities and mannerism

Villainous
White make-up applied by hand instead of painted on, symbolize cold-blooded and inhuman

Day7

2008-02-19T17:04:00.003+08:00

Confirmation of 24 masks

Characters from the romance of three kingdom

journey and pics for DAY5

2008-02-15T11:53:00.003+08:00

today went around... but get most information is from a shop,
that sells all the props, clothes and stuffs of opera...
name of the shop is called ENG THIANG HUAT...
asked him questions and he told us alot alot of things...
which actually made us very very interested in knowing...
though side track le... lolx... and indeed, we did side track our idea...
thot of covering everything... but in the end, we U-turn back... LOL...
think its realli a great experience to go there:)
the boss is a nice person... hehex....
he realli explained alot of things...
and we recorded down our conversation...
pics here:)

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...
he's cOol!!! plays and electric guitar and sing old songs...

at mac discussing... table messy rite... means we are working hard...

rough flowchart

stuffs in ENG THIANG HUAT shop...
took by jiemin... see her face later...LOL

The 24 Masks

2008-02-15T11:08:00.016+08:00

Some of Masks chosen

Source From Chinese Opera Mask

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

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 Wei Kingdom. Cao Cao placed intelligent, cautious, and charismatic officers to areas that would isolate from chain of command and required to operate independently. Cheng Yu, commander of Zhen City, and Yu Jin, commander of Yan-jin [City], were Cao Cao most dependable intelligent generals. As long as these two areas did not fall, Yuan’s troops would easily fall into Cao Cao’s trap. Cao Ren, Si-li Region Commander, and Zhang Ba, leader of Qing Provincial Militia, were considered to be independently operated officers. Wei Zhong, commander of He-nei area, and Liu Yan, commander of Li-yang [City], were known for their sense of duty. They would give it all to complete their tasks. These dependable officers and generals were pillars of Cao Cao’s holistic battle plan. They allowed Cao Cao to concentrate on his main force to engage against Yuan Shao at the final showdown.

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 Chu that had ceased to exist when Qin Shi Huang, unified the country. While a peasant rebellion led by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang was assailing Qin rule, Xiang Yu killed the prefect of Wu (the present-day Suzhou in Jiangsu Province) and organized troops to join the uprising. He overthrew the Qin dynasty and tried to return China to a pre-Qin ruling system. His forces were overwhelmed by Liu Bang (Gaozu), founder of the Han dynasty, and Xiang Yu chose suicide over capture. His heroism has been glorified in Chinese stories and poetry.

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.

Yuwen Chengdu

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Suan Quan

In the opera "Three Kingdoms." Could be considered a fortunate guy who is born with a silver spoon. At the young age at eighteen, he succeeded his dying elder brother Sun Ce and took over the territories his brother conquer in the southeast. Young and inexperienced, he followed his dying brother's instructions and that is to consult Zhou Yu on external affairs and Zhang Zhao on internal affairs. With the guidance and advice of these two men, Sun Quan managed to strengthen his position in the southeast and began to plan his territorial expansion. He set his sights on the territories of Jingzhou that was then under the control of Liu Biao.

Zhou Cang

Zhou Cang was described as "dark complexioned, tall, and has a stiff curly beard." Originally a Yellow Turban rebel, Zhou Cang was a bandit on Mt. Wo Niu who, after meeting the respected Guan Yu, decided to follow him. He was active under Guan Yu's command. Zhou Cang was a skillful waterman who was an expert in boat navigation. Swimming was also his specialty. He committed suicide when he saw Guan Yu's beheaded head

Lian Po

ln the period of the Warring States (475 - 222 B.C.), the two neighboring states of Zhao and Qin were often fighting against each other. In Zhao's court, there were two capable and talented officers - a military commander named Lian Po, and a civilian official named Lin Xiang-Ru. Because of these two men, the state of Qin dared not launch a full-scale invasion against Zhao. Lian Po and Lin Xiang-Ru were close friends and served their country with the same heart.

Taishi Ci

In the opera "Three Kingdoms." Taishi Ci was faithful in his duties and an expert in archery.

Jiang Wei

"Mirrors of the Soul" Beijing Opera Jiang Wei is a commander of the armies of the kingdom of Shu. He has great ability and a profound knowledge of the universe. Jiang Wei became the successor to Zhuge Liang. Jiang Wei, one of the greatest men of the Three Kingdoms era.

Si Mashi

Son of Si Ma Yi, a brilliant, but evil warlord.

Ma Wu

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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

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).

Dian Wei

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

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".
Guan Yu had to leave his village after killing a bully who had been harassing the other villagers. After wandering for five years, he met a member of the Han royal family, Liu Bei and another brave man, Zhang Fei.
Liu Bei was planning to raise an army to help the Han king, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei decided do join him in his task. The three men took such a liking to each other that they took an oath to be sworn brothers in the Peach Garden.

Zhang He

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.

In the Battle at Guandu, Zhang He was active as one of Yuan Shao's commander. At the first battle, he dueled Zhang Liao with no advantage to either side. Then after they failed to raid Cao Cao's camp, Zhang He together with Gao Lan, were forced to turn over to Cao Cao by Guo Tu, who feared that they would return and testify about his mistake. Under Cao Cao, Zhang He led the way and made the first attack on Yuan Shao's camp and was victorious. He accompanied Cao Cao in the further pacification of the North. He participated in almost every major battles, was victorious in many battles and also he was active in the Battle at Chibi. He helped Cao Cao escaped by protecting the rear after the lost at Chibi.

Day 5

2008-02-15T10:06:00.015+08:00

Fun Facts of Chinese Opera

Reference from: The Cream of Chinese Culture - Peking Opera (book)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_opera

This are the list of product we can think of:
01) Paper Craft
02) Lantern
03) Tattoo on face
04) T-shirt Sticker
05) Sticker
06) Earrings
07) Nail - Art Sticker
08) Paper Puppet
09) Badge
10) Fan
11) Half Mask Party Used
12) Gift Wrapper
13) Calendar Card
14) Post Card
15) Jigsaw Puzzle
16) Poster
17) Cross Stitch
18) Wrist Band
19) Book Mark
20) Gift Bag

Content Draft

1) Color
2) 4 Category
3) Good/ Bad roles
4) Famous Show
5) Legend / Myth
6) Popularity
7) Occupation
8) Age Group (old/young)

Day4

2008-02-14T10:46:00.001+08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!
BEST WISHES TO ALL OF YOU!!!
today is our off day...
so sorry that we've got nth...
BUT!!!
tml will be our interesting day!
wahahaha....
you'll see tml... dun tell you all first...
hehex... let you all heart itchy itchy...
tml night come see our blog bahx!
BYE!!!

Day3

2008-02-13T22:27:00.017+08:00

hi! today had concept presentation to the teachers...

and our teachers are Stephen Choong and Reena...
WoooHoooo~
wahahaha... but some questions for us to go think about it...
and here they are(but you may not understand them):
1. how customisation can be done?
2. whats the main objective?
3. where's the educational part?
4. what's the history?
5. how the mask painting come about?
6. how to make ppl interested in learning it?
7. does the customisation add or remove value?
8. how to convince people in it?
9. how the 126 masks came about?
10. can it be modified? how? which ones can't?
11. MUST certain strokes and colours be there?
12. only some meaningless strokes and colours can change?

and some suggestions from them:
1. create sth traditional yet modern
2. fun thing for festivals for younger generations
3. summarise the info, present in a way that is easily accessible
4. put some famous plays and view characters from there
5. info graphic (eg. 5 category with a few words describing it)
6. interesting if can make it into sth that can stick n peel off from ur face
7. look beyond the mask
8. how can package this as a gift or collection?
9. maybe can be in high quality finished and can be framed?
10. think of the promotion part
11. maybe can give info den go to customisation
12. respectful to them if you do whatever things to it?
13. what is allowed to do with the different masks?

and some phrase that maybe can help you ppl too:
HELP THEM TO LIKE IT
DO IT WITH A MEANING
IF IT MAKES SENSE THEN DO IT
DATA VISUALISATION IMPT
CONCEPT IS VERY IMPT

this is our discussion for day 3...
and working on it!!!
JIAYOU PPL!!!!

Below is Our Proposal

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THE DECLINING FACE ART

Chinese Face Painting

Target Audience:

People who are interested in face painting, people who are not aware of the decline culture

Why we chose the topic?
We want to promote the awareness of the Chinese mask painting. Realized the Chinese Opera sensation is declining. Furthermore, people are not aware the meaning behind face painting.

From ASIAONE.com

(Chinese street opera struggles to keep curtain raised)

“Since Singapore reformed its linguistic policy in the 1970s to favor Mandarin, young people are now less likely to understand the dialects used in street opera.”

What is this all about?

An educational application that teaches people some facts on Chinese face painting and can actually customize their own mask. Showcase of a total of 126 masks.

Information Flowchart

Storyboard

Day2

2008-02-12T21:35:00.000+08:00

our routine for today!!! we went to ACM first...
however, they did not have what we wanted to look for, which is the opera masks...
so we went to the esplanade library, waited for about 10mins for it to be opened...
do some research on it there and had some "FUN"... LOL
after that we went to eat at maxwell... wahaha...
den we went to find the Chinese Opera Teahouse near chinatown...
BUT, it wasnt open. we called and ask, he say tml den open.
den while walking down the alley, we saw another one.
BUT also not open... :( actually today our motive is to see their backstage, like how they make up, and interview them de... but nvm, we'll go back again...
and saw a shop that sells masks and he draws himself de, BUT not open oso...
so we went to Pearls' Centre and took a seat at KFC to discuss our stuffs...
when we are leaving saw some lion dance and the "big head wa wa"...
and took some pics... hehex... now i shall show u the pics...
ENJOY PPL!!!

Esplanade library