Facial makeup, which originated from primitive totem (about 550 AD), gradually evolved into artistic drama facial makeup. According to Duan Anjie's Records of the Old Tang Qulu and Yuefu Miscellanies in the Tang Dynasty, Gao Changgong, a warrior of Lanling in the Northern Qi Dynasty in 550 AD, was brave and good at fighting, but because of his beauty, he wore a hideous mask every time he fought. In the Tang Dynasty, it developed into a "face-to-face" song and dance form. This performance with a mask made the audience unable to see the change of the actor's expression, which hindered the appreciation of the drama art. Later, the mask was not worn, and it developed into a makeup art that directly painted the pattern on the face.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the colors of Facebook were diversified, including black face, red face, painted face, blue face and so on. The colors of these faces have certain symbolic meanings. Red symbolizes courage and justice. If Guan Yu is loyal, he will draw a red face. Yellow is brave and cruel, such as Dian Wei in The Battle of Wancheng and Pang Juan in Maling Road, with yellow faces. White means treachery and resourcefulness, such as Cao Cao's treachery and painting a white face; Black means frankness and decisiveness. For example, Bao Zheng is selfless and draws a bad face. Blue represents perseverance and courage, such as the Doo pier in a chain cover and the green-faced tiger in a white water pond. In addition, there are monsters, immortals and buddhas who specialize in gold and silver.

Using the main colors of these dramatic characters' faces, coupled with symbolic patterns that show their psychology, specialty and fate, we can create distinctive characters.

There are more than 360 kinds of ancient dramas in China, such as Anhui Opera, Han Opera, Kunqu Opera, Shaanxi Opera and Sichuan Opera. Most of them have their own forms of facial makeup, each with its own charm. Peking Opera was formed in the middle of Qing Dynasty and absorbed the essence of various dramas. After artists' creation, hundreds of masks appeared, forming a colorful mask art and becoming the treasure of China traditional culture.

Facebook has its established format in spectrum, pattern and color. The spectrum can be roughly divided into full face, three-tile face, cross-fronted face, six-point face, broken face, crooked face, pictographic face and so on. Among them, full face and three-tile face are the two most basic spectrum forms. Full face refers to a face painted with a main color (white, black or red), which is not checkered, crooked or broken, but slightly thrush, eyes, nose and texture. This kind of spectrum is mainly exaggerated skin color, which is mostly used to carve smiling faces and treacherous and powerful figures.

The surface of three tiles is black or other dark colors that exaggerate the expression of two eye sockets and nose sockets, similar to three tiles. This spectrum has a wide range of uses, and both positive and negative characters can use it. The background color of the cross frontispiece is white. Draw a black column from nose to forehead and a horizontal line in the middle of the black eye socket. Draw two oval black spots on your eyebrows, like a cross. The forehead of the sextile face is white, a dark column is drawn from the nose to the forehead, the eyebrows are drawn to the cheeks of the same color, and two dark oval points are drawn between the eyebrows. The whole face is roughly divided into four or six points from white to black, so it is called six-point face.