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Which role is this in Beijing Opera? What is the meaning of Yuanyangwa's facial makeup, and what are the personality characteristics of the characters?

This is Guan Sheng, Tian Yongxing's broadsword, the protagonist in Guan Sheng's excerpts from the Water Margin Opera in Beijing Opera.

Guan Sheng is a descendant of Guan Yu, a famous soldier of the Three Kingdoms. His appearance is very similar to that of his ancestor Guan Yunchang. He also made the Dragon Crescent Moon Knife, which is well versed in the art of war and nicknamed "broadsword". He is familiar with the art of war and martial arts and works as a patrol inspector in Pudong. Recommended by Ma Xuanzan of Ugly County, and appreciated by Cai Jing, a surname, he was transferred to Liangshan Park to crusade against Sung River rebels.

Concave-convex roof tile

The basic painting method of facial makeup is spectrum, with "white" as the background color and "black" as the eyebrows, eyes and nose. It is an exaggeration of eyebrows, eyes and nasal fossa, which makes the forehead and cheeks show three obvious main colors, as flat as three tiles, hence the name. The three tile faces of "black+white" are called "Yuanyang tile" faces.

The following excerpt is from the Peking Opera "The Masked Face of Caoqiaoguan", in which the protagonist Yao Qi is a Yuanyang Wayan.