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A wonderful date between foreigners and Chinese Lianpu

2017/8/15 15:23:04   source:Sdchina.com

Facial design, or lianpu, is the art of facial makeup used by performers of traditional Chinese folk activities. Besides the facial design for Peking Opera, another facial makeup has developed which is used for shehuo, named after the worship ceremony of Spring Festival, in Jinan, east China’s Shandong Province.

Four Pakistani students at Shandong University, at the invitation of Sdchina.com, went to Wansheng Community in Tianqiao District of Jinan to learn to make shehuo facial masks, a Jinan municipal-level intangible cultural heritage.

Hou Zhixin is the sixth generation successor of Hou Style of Shehuo Facial Design. With the support and assistance of the neighborhood committee of Wansheng Community, Hou Zhixin opens a studio in the community office.

The prototypes of shehuo facial design originated from the gods worshiped by residents of Jinan and Tai’an, including Duke Guan, God of Official Career, God of Wealth, Zhong Kui and Shi Gandang, Hou told the foreigners. Hou prepared a facial design of God of Official Career for the foreigners. “This facial design is easy for them to learn.”

Master Hou first showed the foreigners how to paint the mask. Given that the four foreigners have no experience in facial design, Hou drew out the outlines of the masks for them and let them to fill with colors.

The foreigners did not draw as the original facial design, but painted the masks according to their own likings. Hou highly praised their bold innovation. The facial design made by Aamir was asymmetric in color. He said the red stands for China and green for Pakistan.

Though this was the first time for them to make facial design, they still did a good job. After the activity, the foreigners took the facial design back and said they will show them to their family and friends and tell them this charming Chinese traditional culture.

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