Cultural tips

Peking Opera is a national cultural treasure, which has a long history and a profound cultural basis. In China, there are more than 300 kinds of traditional operas but Peking Opera is the most popular and influential. There are generally four types of characters, the male characters, female characters, Jing characters, and the clown. Under each of these types are many branches. The face paint for Peking Opera is a unique method of traditional make up. According to different personalities and roles, different colors are used to paint the faces of the actors. For example, red facial make-up indicates loyalty and courage; black means fieriness, honesty and intrepidness; yellow means cruelty; blue or green are used for characters with hot tempers and are straight forward.