Though within similar shape and outline, every one's facial texture is unique as they significantly related to personality, life experience and living environment, and that's why Peking Opera Make-ups expresses rich emotion on the behalf of character by various bright colors and patterns. Emerged from reality, yet it exaggerates human feelings, making Peking Opera mystically contagious by visual description of history figures.
When I was asked to take charge of the Peking Opera Make-ups display during 2008 Beijing Olympic Games city voluntary work I distracted for a second. It was something I had never related to. I dug my memory about history figures, their typical personalities as well as colors and drawing techniques that represented them. I turned pages of Pecking Opera Make-ups collection. "Yellow represents wiliness, red's fidelity..." Patters were rich, yet colors and skills had the rule. I started drawing, brushing red on both side of the face and delineating eyebrows with little bit shaking hands. My sights converged into smooth outlines, brightly mixed colors, and characters' stories.
What we were working on attracted tourists all around. "What is it? Is it masks of performer? Why his eyebrow curves like that? " It was agreeable answering their questions, introducing foreigners about irreplaceable functions in our unique culture legacy. I remember I told a British guy the figure I was depicting was Zhang, Fei, a strong man full of valor as a lion yet killed by two of his troops because of his irascible temper. I really did, describing battles and stories, yet that visitor's showed interest with confusing look. I ran into a situation where a Pakistan tourist asked me why there was such cunning look on a very white face, while white meant purity and holiness rather than duplicitous mind in his nation. I dropped into diversities of culture, religious, standards of values, and I thought I could create something different on the basis of Peking Opera Make-ups.
I started to design make-ups with symbols that deeply implanted in Chinese culture, like lotus represented Chinese's belief in Buddhism, and ancient complex patterns epitomized empire's nobleness and grandeur. The display won great popularity in our area, exceeded the concept of nation's treasure, transformed into platforms of various Chinese "symbols". It's not about colors' various meanings in different nations, but similar trends among people curiously communicating with unfamiliar culture. The success of the exhibition reminded me culture diversity I had been through.
Lived in Europe for several years, I collected my memory from tulip in Holland, Notre Dame in Paris, gorgeous the Louvre in France, various cultures' symbols in my head. Spent three years of primary education in Japan, I remember I told my best Japanese friend that her nation used to invade my country when we were sitting on the swing on a pleasing noon. Her silence gave away her confusion to such blood history yet highly developed society, which was the first time in my life I realized the complicate problems' existence between two nations. Seven years later I was addressing in the dinner hall to 200 Japanese teachers and students, devoting my passion and understanding to culture communication. Water splashed when I paddled the Dragon Boat with my team with great effort, I immersed myself in the diversity of both traditional and global culture spirit, which gradually nourished the personality I'm holding.
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Though within similar shape and outline, e Every one's facial texture is unique -- reflecting personality, life experience, and living environment -- and that is why Peking Opera make-up expresses rich emotion on the behalf of character by through the use of various bright colors and patterns.
When I was asked to take charge of the Peking Opera Make-ups display during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, city voluntary work I was taken aback. distracted for a second. It was a challenge I had never considered .
While living in Europe for several years, I collected...
Very good! The reader is able to notice that you are bilingual, that you learned English as a second language, and that is impressive.
