"Blue-faced Douertun, a horse thief; The red-faced Guan Gong, fighting Changsha..."Peking Opera face mask originated in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is a very representative element of Chinese opera, and it is also a special form of makeup for Peking Opera actors.
Peking Opera masks are not only used in Peking Opera, but also widely used in various cultural performances, and are one of the important representatives of traditional Chinese culture.
In order to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly in the park, enhance the taste of life in their later years, experience the "intangible cultural heritage" culture up close, and feel the charm of the national essence, on the morning of August 14, Fuzhou Guode Elderly Care Center organized the "Tribute to the National Essence, Peking Opera Face" activity, through painting Peking Opera faces, to enhance the beauty and hands-on ability of grandparents.
Before the start of the activity, the social workers led the grandparents to understand the expression and means of traditional Chinese culture Peking Opera face masks in the form of colorful and exaggerated expressions, so as to stimulate the grandparents' attempts at "symmetrical" and "exaggerated" art, and then create independently.
The social workers placed the paper and colored pens prepared in advance neatly on the table, waiting for their grandparents to show their skills, and explained the steps and points of Facebook making to their grandparents.
Grandparents became very interested in strong colors and vivid artistic styles, and the grandparents put on their reading glasses, looked at the screen to copy and learn, communicated with their grandparents at the same table, and actively began to devote themselves to painting Peking Opera faces.
Peking Opera faces are rich in color and changeable lines, showing diverse character characteristics, which grandparents find both profound and interesting. In the process of painting, grandparents concentrated on making, giving full play to their imagination, creating whimsically, outlining lines, depicting colors, carefully drawing their own works, and each face came into being.
After more than an hour of creation, one by one colorful face paintings were born in the hands of grandparents, who held their own hand-drawn faces and said happily: "The first time I painted faces, I didn't expect to draw them in a good way, and today everyone has become a painter!" ”
Through this activity, the elderly not only realized the charm and essence of traditional Chinese intangible cultural heritage, improved their hands-on ability, but also stimulated their creativity and imagination, and built a bridge for communication between the elderly, so that the elderly can reflect their own value in "edutainment" and create a joyful and happy atmosphere for the elderly.