36 Types of Beijing Opera Masks - 23
Mi Nanwa - Inverted Ingot Face Inverted Ingot Face
In this type of makeup the forehead is a different color from the other parts
of the face, and a patch across the middle of the face resembles a shoe-shaped
gold or silver ingot (used for money in ancient China). Subtypes are; ordinary
ingot face, inverted ingot face and variegated (flowered ) face.
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