Peking Opera Actor: Rehearse Peking Opera for the Spring Festival Song Yan, from Beijing, is the head of Beijing Fenglei Peking Opera Troupe. He has been performing Peking Opera for 44 years. During the Spring Festival, he and the troupe actively rehearse new plays while preparing for the improved version of Peking Opera for the Spring Festival. He believes that watching Peking Opera has always been a popular Spring Festival activity for Beijing residents. As a traditional art, Peking Opera embo

As the dominant form of traditional Chinese opera, Peking Opera is extolled as the quintessential "Oriental Opera." The highly visual art brings together music and literature, highly elaborate costumes, and face-painting. #Heritage Watch the entire episode of #Inheritors about Peking Opera here: https://youtu.be/sfZw8-aQFfw | China Plus Culture

Peking Opera masks are a unique form of facial makeup in the traditional Chinese art of Peking Opera. The colorful masks indicate the identity, character, age, and other traits of the opera characters. Experienced audiences can discern characters' nature and moral alignment just by observing their masks. #ChineseTreasures | Discover China

Zhao Nan is an inheritor of Peking opera facial makeup. Watch as she showcases her talents of performing and painting facial masks. #TheVibe #CulturalInheritors #Heritage | China Plus Culture