A Peking Opera figure, caught mid-gesture, paint thick on the wall near a Singapore market. She looks like she knows something you don't.

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Actors in costume as a married couple a play romantic lead roles some opera performances train to play roles like these others specialized in bold roles #PekingOpera or Beijing opera (Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing

An elaborate headdress wok by #pekingopera performing one of the many costumes collect in chia by field museum curator #bartholdlaufer In the 1920

#Pekingopera, or #Beijingopera (Chinese: #京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the

Peking opera actors use stylized movements and acrobatics to depict a battle scene. The flags on the back of the actor's costume (center) represent the troops he commands as a military leader. #pekingopera

#DOTD: Meng Xiaodong 孟小冬 (1908–77), #PekingOpera #京劇 actress in #ModernChina renown for her portrayal of male (sheng 生) roles.