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Mah jong
Mah-jong is a competitive game with a history in China.As it is played with tiles,similar in physical description to those used in dominoes but engraved with Chinese symbols and characters,mah-jong is also jokingly called a game to moveor laybricks....
Exorcisers Masks
The exorcisers'masks are a unique handicraft in Guizhou Province.Fashioned out of wood and tree roots,they range in imagery from the grotesque to the good and genuine.Such masks can be as small as several centimetres and as large as two metres.The e...
The Change of Faces
The change of faces is a stunt in traditional Chinese theatre that is designed to capture the dramatic changes of mood of a character on stage.When a character's heart is going from panic to rage,he changes his face in a split second;the stunt,though...
Long White Silk Sleeves
Long white sleeves are used in performances of classical Chinese operas and dances.They are 0.5 metre long but the longest of them can reach more than one metre.When being swung on stage,the long whit silk sleeves look like ripples in a river.It goes...
Masks
Masks in Chinese culture are part and parcel of the world culture of masks.Masks firest appeared in China during the Shang and Zhou some 3,500 years ago as a major element in Chinese shamanism.The worshipping of the god which drives away pestilence,...
Facial Makeups in Operas
A plastic art peculiar to the Chinese stage,the facial makeups are various designs of lines and coloured patches painted on the faces of certain operatic characters.They follow traditionally fixed patterns for specific types to highlight the disposi...
Peking Opera
As the most prestigious of all the operas in China,Peking Opera is venerated as the Opera of China.Peking Opera is venerated as the Opera of China.The predecessor of it was the huidiao opera of Anhui some 200 years ago.In 1790,an imperial edict was...