Watch

Name: How to apply make-up like a traditional Chinese opera singer
Uploaded: 2024-02-02T05:25:00Z
Duration: 3 min 9 s
Description: Peking opera is often staged to celebrate Lunar New Year to Chinese community in China and abroad. But there’s much more to the art than the staging, singing and acting. Exaggerated paints on a performer’s face illustrate the character’s emotional and personality traits and headpieces convey the character’s position or rank.

How to apply make-up like a traditional Chinese opera singer

Published 1 February 2024, 2:49 am

Peking opera is often staged to celebrate Lunar New Year to Chinese community in China and abroad. But there’s much more to the art than the staging, singing and acting. Exaggerated paints on a performer’s face illustrate the character’s emotional and personality traits and headpieces convey the character’s position or rank.