Peking Opera Costume

Chinese Traditional Fashion
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The costume is an inseparable part of Peking Opera performances in which artists build up various characters by demonstrating different personalities, skills and acting with the costumes. Nowadays, modern dress designers take Peking Opera costumes to a new level, making innovations and beyond. Here is the story of the traditional and modern identities of Peking Opera costumes.
I'm Xiao Ziya.
I'm only beautiful.
Actress Fu Yuanhe plays Hua Dan.
Hua Dan is usually a young or middle-aged woman,
innocent, romantic and cheerful.
Mr. Mei Lanfang, the famous Peking opera master,
used to play the role of Dan.
Hello, teacher.
What role do you play in this play?
I play the role of the red bird among the red birds.
I play the role of Hua Dan.
What's special about your costume?
This is called Yunjian.
This is called Erqun.
This is Gedai.
This is Shuixiu.
The matchmaker has a nifty and lively persona,
reinforced by elegant dresses
and natural and poised performances.
How do you express her basic features
when you play her?
For example, her sleeves.
Normally, Shuixiu should be folded up like this.
But her personality is more cheerful
and unrivaled.
Usually, Shuixiu is a lady.
But this time, she's all dressed up.
She's a lady.
And she's clapping.
You express her personality through details.
Yes.
Exquisite Peking Opera costumes
can best show the profound cultural heritage
of Peking Opera.
If artists combine Peking Opera costumes
with modern ones,
what kind of artistic inspiration will be generated?
Hello, Ms. Yang.
Hi, Sena.
Long time no see.
I heard you have two costumes
with economic elements.
Yes.
Let's take a look.
I'll show you.
Okay.
I just put it on the model.
So beautiful.
You can feel
the economic elements of these two costumes.
I designed these two costumes
based on the inspiration of Danjue.
She's elegant and elegant.
The theme is
the meaning of peony, wealth, and auspiciousness.
It's a little expensive.
Yes, it's a little expensive.
It's a combination of the two.
So I designed it
in a very harmonious way.
But it still has the embroidery design.
Yes.
It's very elegant.
Yes.
It has a long embroidery design.
Yes.
Speaking of the peony,
it's a wonderful place.
Yes.
The peony is very three-dimensional.
Yes.
And it has a gradient.
It has a gradient.
Yes.
It's like a real flower.
Yes.
I used a sea water cliff.
Because the sea water cliff
appears a lot in Beijing Opera.
This is a work of lotus
that we are embroidering.
It's written.
The leaves and flowers
will be embroidered.
Do you want to experience it?
Yes.
Today's hand sewing is one of the traditional Chinese embroidery art.
Right now, I'm going to have a try.
I think hand sewing is much harder than I thought.
Although it looks simple,
it actually requires a high level of concentration.
And you have to be really careful.
Beijing Opera,
one of the five major operas in China,
is derived from people's pursuit of beauty.
After years of development,
it has become a cultural flagship
that even enchants young Chinese people.
In terms of styling,
we kept the feeling of the armor.
You can see that it has a shirt collar.
It has an asymmetrical design.
In terms of the form of clothing,
it adds a sense of harmony between China and the West.
I think the beauty of Beijing Opera
is a kind of very amazing beauty.
The visual impact is very strong.
The color is very hot.
If you choose such a theme to show fashion,
it will definitely attract our foreign friends.
Under the influence of traditional Chinese culture,
I believe not only Chinese clothing will be diversified,
more artists and designers will be inspired.
