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Entertainment with ancient roots tunes into a modern following
Updated: Mar 29, 2023
By Chen Nan
China Daily
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With different colors, fabrics and embroidery, the costumes enable the audience to distinguish a character's gender and social status at first glance.
Accessories, such as helmets, crowns, hats and shoes, also play a role in portraying the characters.
Usually, performers take at least two hours to apply their makeup and costumes. The main makeup colors for young female roles and young male roles are red, black and white.
