Chinese Opera with male and female performers dressed in costume on stagePeking Asia Asian Beijing Chungkuo Jhonggu— Performance Zhonggu—

Performers in traditional Chinese opera banished during the Cultural Revolution. This particular story has a military plot.

Performer in traditional Chinese opera wearing elaborate red and blue costume with dramatic black white and red face paint.

Street theatre performance

Scene from Chinese opera. Peking

Performer in Chinese opera applying make up reflected in mirror at side.

Performer on stage in Chinese Opera.

Female performer at the Chinese Opera offering joss sticks in prayer