戏曲男旦装扮二题

Two Kinds of Dress-up for Female Characters Disguised by Male Performers(Nan-dan)in Chinese Operas

男旦是传统戏曲在特定历史时期的产物。头、足装扮是男旦最重要的化装。昆曲的高跟履、闽男旦的自幼蓄发为男旦的自然表演提供了帮助,此二种装扮比魏长生所创的跷、梳水头早出现半个多世纪。

Female Characters disguised by male performers(Nan-dan)are the product of the traditional opera in a specific historical period.For these male performers,the dress-up of head and feet is the most important makeup that can facilitate their natural performance as female characters,such as the high-heeled shoes in Kunqu Opera and the long hair growing from the early age in Min Opera.These two kinds of dress-up emerged more than half a century earlier than the stilts and opera headdresses created by WEI Changsheng.