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Chinese Opera

Chinese Opera

Chinese Opera Demystified (2) Art on the Face

Xinlei Yuan -
Unique to Chinese opera is its 500-year-old colour cryptography; eye-catching make-up, also called the pattern, that is a feature of the art form with a history dating back to the sacrifices of ancient times. The development of make up in...
Chinese Opera

Chinese Opera Demystified (1) Origins; The Kingdom of Opera

Xinlei Yuan -
The outsider might think of Chinese Opera as a Chinese version of Opera; just singing and dancing to the music with the lyrics in Chinese. That may be so for Chinese Opera’s common features, but therein is a world...

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