(From left) Sixin Li (CAS ’20) and Zuan Zhang (CAS ’19) show off their traditional Peking opera masks they painted at a free event aimed at teaching students the symbolic meaning behind the colors in the traditional Chinese masks hosted at the School of Theology building Thursday afternoon Oct. 26. Photo by Sarah Silbiger (COM ’18) for Boston University Photography
October 30, 2017
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Peking Mask Decorating

The colors in a traditional Peking opera mask are not just decorative, but symbolic of various character traits—for example, blue stands for staunch, astute, fierce, white for evil, sinister, hypocritical. Sixin Li (CAS’20) (left) and Zuan Zhang (CAS’19) were among those creating their own mask at a World Languages & Literatures event October 26. Photo by Sarah Silbiger (COM’18)