Mi Nanwa 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.

Mi Nanwa with an Inverted Ingot Face, a military officer, plays a role in the opera "Wenzhou Pass.

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