Sichuan Opera
Sichuan Opera
Sichuan Opera
Sichuan Opera
Watching Sichuan Opera
Sichuan Opera is the Must of thing to do in Chengdu. Face-changing techniques generally fall into three categories, “wiping”, “blowing” and “pulling”.“Wiping” is to spread the paint over the face while performing. The paint is put on a certain part of the face in advance. “Blowing” is only employed when powder cosmetics are used. On the stage, a tiny box with powder cosmetics in it is placed before hand. A movement of prostration near the box will enable the performer to blow the powder onto his face. When one is going to use the “pulling” technique he has to draw facial masks on fine pieces of silk cloth, cut them into the right size, tie a thin thread to each mask and stick them onto his face before the performance. The threads are fastened to somewhere hidden in his costumes. Many performers prefer to tie them onto their waistbands. When performing, the artist would pull the mask off one after another under the cover of various dancing movements.In practice, the first method of the three is most employed because it is the simplest, while “blowing” is relatively more complicated since one has to close his eyes and shut up his mouth when blowing in case the powder would fly into his eyes and mouth so the performance would not be continued. However, “pulling” is the most troublesome among the three skills. The dancing movements have to be natural and the action of pulling should be invisible to the audience. If the audience sees through the trick of face changing, they would probably get dissatisfied and pull a face too!
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$18.00
Duration: 3 hours
Tour Code: CE-CD-T01
Departure Date: Every Day
Tour Attractions:Sichuan Opera, Mask Changing
Feature：Culture & Folklore; Private & Custom
Tour Type: /Private Tour
Tour Code: CE-CD-T01
Departure Date: Every Day
Tour Attractions:Sichuan Opera, Mask Changing
Feature：Culture & Folklore; Private & Custom
Tour Type: /Private Tour
Sichuan Opera is one of many local operas in China, popular in the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Face changing is not simply changing one’s facial makeup in a casual way, but is a special technique in the performance of Sichuan Opera. It refers to the changing of masks in quick succession to show different emotions and feelings of the character in the play. It is said the origin of face changing has something to do with the resistance of wild beasts. In ancient times, when coming across a ferocious animal, people used to draw different patterns on their faces to scare the animal away and keep themselves safe. Later on, such trick was applied to the stage performance of Sichuan Opera, and the unique art of face changing has thus come into being. The performance will last about 1 hour.
You will head to the opera yourself by taking a taxi or metr, and checking by your name, and then watch Sichuan Opera.
You will head to the opera yourself by taking a taxi or metr, and checking by your name, and then watch Sichuan Opera.
| Package | A Package | B Package | C Package |
| First Class Seat | $45 | $48 | $51 |
| Second Class Seat | $36 | $39 | $42 |
| Third Class Seat | $28 | $31 | $34 |
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Side Seat (No Package) |
$18 | $18 | $18 |
A Package included:
One Seat, one cup of tea, and can choose 1 from 4 options: Massage/ digging ear/Sweat Snack/ Culture Souvenir
B Package included:
One Seat, one cup of tea, and can choose 1 from 2 options: Massage+ Culture Souvenir / Digging ear+ Culture Souvenir
C Package included:
One Seat, one cup of tea, and can choose 1 from 3 options: Exerperience of wearing costume / Package of fruits / Pacakge of Sweat Snack
One Seat, one cup of tea, and can choose 1 from 4 options: Massage/ digging ear/Sweat Snack/ Culture Souvenir
B Package included:
One Seat, one cup of tea, and can choose 1 from 2 options: Massage+ Culture Souvenir / Digging ear+ Culture Souvenir
C Package included:
One Seat, one cup of tea, and can choose 1 from 3 options: Exerperience of wearing costume / Package of fruits / Pacakge of Sweat Snack
No Accomodation
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