英语阅读_In Peking Opera

In Peking Opera, each character has their own face painted in a special way.

在京剧里，每个角色都有他们自己被以一种特殊的方式绘制的面孔。

The audience can know who the good guy is and who the bad guy is by looking at the face painting.

观众可以通过观看脸谱来知道谁是好人以及谁是坏人。

Where did this kind of face painting come from?

这种脸谱是从哪里来的？

An old story tells us that it was related to Prince Lanling.

一个古老的故事告诉我们它与兰陵王有关。

This prince was one of the four most handsome men in ancient China.

这位王子是古代中国四大最英俊的男子之一。

Some soldiers in the prince's army thought that he was weak because of his good-looking face.

这位王子军队里的某些士兵认为他因为容貌好看而显得软弱。

So, to make himself look stronger, the prince wore a mask with an ugly face painted on it.

所以，为了让自己看起来更强悍，这位王子戴着一个上面画着丑陋面孔的面具。

Another story about face painting has something to do with Li Longji, an emperor in the Tang Dynasty.

另一个关于脸谱的故事与唐朝的一位皇帝李隆基有关。

He loved opera very much.

他非常喜欢戏曲。

One day, the actor who played the clown in Peking Opera fell ill right before a performance, so the emperor decided to play this role himself.

有一天，在京剧中扮演丑角的演员恰好在演出前生病了，所以这位皇帝决定自己亲自扮演这个角色。

He covered part of his face with a piece of white square jade so that others wouldn't be able to recognize him.

他用一块白色的方玉遮住了自己脸的一部分，以便于其他人将无法认出他。

Therefore, the cover on the clown's face became a convention.

因此，丑角脸上的遮盖物成为了一种惯例。

Later, the actor who played the clown replaced the jade with white powder.

后来，扮演丑角的演员用白粉替换了这块玉。

As time went on, face painting started being used to show the characters of different roles.

随着时间的推移，脸谱开始被用来展现不同角色的性格。

It has become one of many special ways of expression of Peking Opera.

它已经成为了京剧众多特殊的表达方式之一。

Peking Opera is one of the forms of Chinese traditional culture. In Peking Opera, each character has their own face painted in a special way. The audience can know who the good guy is and who the bad guy is by looking at the face painting.

 

Where did this kind of face painting come from? An old story tells us that it was related to Prince Lanling. This prince was one of the four most handsome men in ancient China. Some soldiers in the prince's army thought that he was weak because of his good-looking face. So, to make himself look stronger, the prince wore a mask with an ugly face painted on it.

 

Another story about face painting has something to do with Li Longji, an emperor in the Tang Dynasty. He loved opera very much. One day, the actor who played the clown in Peking Opera fell ill right before a performance, so the emperor decided to play this role himself. He covered part of his face with a piece of white square jade so that others wouldn't be able to recognize him. Therefore, the cover on the clown's face became a convention. Later, the actor who played the clown replaced the jade with white powder.

As time went on, face painting started being used to show the characters of different roles. It has become one of many special ways of expression of Peking Opera.