Comparative Analysis on Clothing Expression of Peking Opera in China by Era - Focused on Farewell My Concubine

A famous Peking opera Farewell My Concubine has been inherited for a long time and is still highly recognized in the public. This work represents mei lan fāng, the founder of mei group, a Chinese artists" group. This is one of the representative works that integrated the artistic value of Peking operas. It is, therefore, thought that the study on era based change of clothing colors of Peking operas helps understanding Peking opera and Chinese traditional artistic value as such change is one of the major elements of Peking opera. For this purpose, the study covers era based clothing images shown on Farewell My Concubine with the study methods: first, theoretical approach to Peking opera by preliminary study on the definition and history of Peking opera in China, significance of Farewell My Concubine and clothing culture of Peking opera; second, looking into the color tones characteristics of Peking opera clothing; third, empirical study based analysis and comparison of the two main characters" clothing by era through the color tone characteristics; and finally, conclusion and proposal based on the results of such analysis. This paper will be a key study material that helps you understand the Chinese traditional art and analyzes the factors for changes that are forecasted to come in the future by comparing and analyzing the traditional color tones of the characters" clothing in the Peking opera Farewell My Concubine by era and looking into the difference and causes of such changes.