On the morning of November 17th, Chinese volunteers from Jiangsu University and seven international student volunteers went to Zhenjiang Taigushan community to experience and learn traditional Chinese opera culture. Volunteers worked with the community to draw opera facial makeup and learn the meaning behind facial makeup. Facial makeup is a form of painting expression used by opera artists to communicate with audiences, and an art form that uses exaggeration to express life.Facial makeup art is a comprehensive art form, as well as a materialized form of Chinese traditional culture and aesthetic concepts.In the era of close global cultural exchanges, facial makeup art should and is easier to promote to the world.It is also necessary to actively try and innovate like volunteers to make Chinese culture full of vitality.

Then the volunteers put on opera costumes and followed the drama teachers in the community to learn opera movements. There are many schools of traditional Chinese opera, which are known for their rich actions and expressive connotations. Xiqu and Chinese ink painting are quite similar. They pay attention to the expression of intention. The abstract character images make the expression of Xiqu stronger, and also represent the cultural concept of freehand brushwork in traditional Chinese culture.

Finally, the volunteers learned traditional Zhenjiang cuisine with the community aunt.Food is paramount to the people, and Chinese cuisine is yearning for people all over the world with its rich dishes and diverse tastes.To understand Zhenjiang, you must start with food.