Wuhan Old Craftsmen, 40 Years Of Heat, Will Continue The Process Of Theatrical Costume.

The day before yesterday, in a theatrical garment processing workshop in Hankou, Jiang Chengguo, a craftsman, introduced him. Costume After 40 years of processing, and faced with the prospect of losing dramatic costumes, Jiang Chengguo and several of his old colleagues insisted on making costumes. Today, his workshop has become the only consultant unit in the field of Wuhan heritage conservation center, which makes him feel gratified and proud.

Chinese traditional drama costumes are commonly known as "costumes". Drama costumes, which belong to Chinese traditional performing arts, belong to the "freehand art system". They are an artistic costume made from the processing of life oriented garments. To some extent, they are similar to historical costumes and are not historical costumes. Traditional drama costumes rely on and rely on the materialized aesthetic meaning of clothing, and match the formality, hypothetical and hypothetical nature of traditional theatrical performances. The pursuit of "expressive lyric for the characters" serves as the highest aesthetic pursuit. It has the implication of the beauty of program, the beauty of rhythm, the beauty of decoration and the beauty of symbol.

Costumes, as the most intuitive external form of aesthetic objects in drama, through the three main manifestations of realism, romanticism and symbolism, have strengthened their initiative in the comprehensive factors of drama, so that they can better serve the shaping of characters and the expression of individuality in drama.

Tracing back to the origin of drama - in the fifth Century BC, the ancient Greeks dressed themselves as ideal gods in the carnival of the Dionysus. They dancled with joy and joy, striding, jumping and singing, showing a supernatural force that "made animals speak and made the earth run out of milk and honey". As the most personal dress, it shows the joyful soul of dancers with their dancers' manners, movements and expressions. In the most primitive form of drama, the expressive function of theatrical costume has its original manifestation: reappearance of the image of God in ancient Greek ideals. Drama originates from life and is higher than life. Therefore, drama costumes are naturally different from life costumes. They are more typical in shaping and displaying characters. Drama costume is an integral part of comprehensive art. It combined with lines, movements, scenery, lighting, music and other factors to form the whole system of drama. Because of the comprehensiveness of the dramatic structure, drama costumes are a projective factor of various aspects, a form language that can inspire creativity and enhance expressive force.

With the continuous development of drama and the continuous improvement and standardization of drama system, the expressive power of dramatic costumes is becoming increasingly prominent. In drama, costumes, as the most direct externalized form of aesthetic objects, always provide the potential background and emotional information from the prelude to the end, guiding the audience into a specific situation. In the process, according to the requirements of the plot and the need of shaping the role types, the following main forms of drama costumes can be established.