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 Peking
opera of China is a national treasure with a history of 200 years. Through
a period of more than half a century of combination and integration of
various kinds of opera there evolved the present Peking opera, the biggest
kind of opera in China
Peking opera is a synthesis of stylized action, singing,
dialogue and mime, acrobatic fighting and dancing. There are four main
types of roles:  sheng
(male) dan (young female), jing( painted face,male), and chou (clown,
male or female). The repertoire of Peking opera is mainly engaged in fairy
tales, important historical events, emperors, ministers and generals,
geniuses and great beauties.
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 The
music of Peking opera is that of the "plate and cavity style". The costumes
in Peking opera are graceful, magnificent, elegant and brilliant, most of
which are made in handicraft embroidery.
The types of facial make-ups in Peking opera
are rich and various, depicting different charact ers
and remarkable images. Moreover there are numerous fixed editions of facial
make-up.
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Introduction
of Peking (Beijing) Opera 
