#beijing opera

腐烂夫人 🥩🦋

Guess who made opera designs again bc I'm a one trick pony when it comes to fanart /lhj

I'm actually quite proud of these bc I feel like my design skills have improved; these are a lot more detailed compared to my swk/macaque opera designs

Anygays yea I still haven't recovered from nezha 2 and probably won't

And ao bing design notes

Was too lazy to make a design notes sheet for nezha but basically

Warned to combine the strength/power of bigzha with the elegance of the 79 nezha -> ended up with li yunxiang?????

Lots of lotus and fire imagery cause like. Gestures at him.

Dialogue from the 79 animation (slightly altered) w opera designs (made before I finalized either of them)

"Who was it that fought the sea yaksha?"

"It was this young master, chengtang guan li jing's son, ne zha!"

Hi, thanks for the question, and sorry for taking ages to reply! (Kunqu opera photo via):

As you noted, there are various genres of traditional opera in China. Pretty much every region of China has its own regional opera. When I say Chinese opera, I'm referring to Chinese opera in general (all genres), not just Beijing opera.

Yes, Chinese opera clothes (xifu/戏服) and makeup can vary drastically across genres, with many operas being visually distinguishable by their distinct styling.

For more references, please check out my tags for Chinese opera and opera costume (I also have tags for individual genres of Chinese opera). Also, please see my other replies about Chinese opera here:

Do Chinese opera costumes count as Hanfu? 

What type of clothing do Beijing opera actors wear?

Do you have a post Chinese opera costumes?

In addition, @peekofhistory has several informative posts about Chinese opera, including this one.

TAN JIANCI (檀健次) as Chen Renxiang