If only more people could learn to change their faces.
"In order to avoid changing face into a separate juggling performance, is it necessary to tie face-changing with Sichuan Opera?"
● Liu Jiaqi
Reporter: Some face-changing experts believe that the face-changing performance currently circulating among the people and even abroad is just a juggling performance for the purpose of making money. This is not the art of changing face, nor is it the art of Sichuan opera. You once performed face-changing magic with david copperfield. Is it still the traditional art of changing face?
Peng Denghuai: It is the world that upholds the nation. At that time, after I changed my nine faces, I asked david copperfield to send me flowers. At this time, the host said, "Hello, let the host send you flowers." I said to david copperfield, "Yours is magic and mine is real art." David copperfield replied, "Your face has changed more than Mike Jackson, and it has changed faster." Now it's popular among the people, and foreigners change their faces. I want to say "don't be nervous"! The only criterion to measure an art is its market, its audience, paying more attention and learning, which is actually a good thing. Some traditional ideas and sects are not desirable. If we are bound by these conservative ideas, how can we carry forward the art of our country?
Reporter: What channels have you learned to "change your face" at present?
Peng Denghuai: There are many channels. Some people can learn it for two or three thousand yuan. But it does not rule out that some so-called "face-changing" works are just fake and shoddy. The most important charm of face-changing art is its charm.
Reporter: We can usually watch face-changing performances when eating in restaurants. Those actors hardly sing plays. Are they Sichuan opera actors?
Peng Denghuai: I was the first person to promote the art of changing face. I once performed in a restaurant for four years. The difference between the advantages and disadvantages of a face changer lies in three points: professional ethics, technical operation and market recognition of him.
Reporter: In order to avoid changing face into a separate juggling performance, is it necessary to bind face-changing with Sichuan Opera?
Peng Denghuai: Yes. In fact, the separate interpretation is also to let more people understand the art of Sichuan opera and understand the "face change". A Sichuan opera, such as Legend of the White Snake, can't be performed in a hotel. If we can get rid of Sichuan Opera and let more people know and pay attention to it, why not?
Reporter: We want to know your opinion on whether there are loopholes in the face-changing stunt.
Peng Denghuai: There is no such thing as "leaking secrets". I've never seen a country explicitly stipulate that "changing face" is a state secret, and secrecy is only a rule. 1994, when I was performing in Malaysia, a wealthy businessman gave me/kloc-0 million Malaysian ringgit (36,000 RMB) to leave props and clothes for me to teach him to "change his face". At that time, I flatly refused, because it was a question of China people's dignity.
Reporter: Is it possible for a face-changing expert to recruit whoever he wants, or do he need permission? What are the general rules? Can I apply for patent protection if I change my face?
Peng Denghuai: Students are different from apprentices. I can give you student guidance. Sichuan Opera School has set up the "Research Center of Face Changing Art" to recruit students who want to learn face changing. We hope to carry forward this quintessence of Chinese culture and standardize this art in this way. However, there are rules for recruiting apprentices, according to everyone's wishes. I don't have the feudal idea of "men are superior to women, and they are passed on from inside to outside". I chose the apprentice's "character" as the primary criterion, and Andy Lau passed the examination after half a year. His sincerity touched me, and I made three chapters with him: "First, I am not allowed to perform' changing my face' without my consent when I am alive; Second, we must not accept apprentices; Third, you must never teach foreigners. "
In addition, it is not advisable to apply for a patent. The leaders of Sichuan province told me that "changing face" does not meet the conditions for applying for a patent. In addition, I think this art is national, not personal. If one person applies for a patent, others can't perform, and this art is lost.