Peking Opera has a history going back over 200 years. As the dominant form of traditional Chinese opera, it’s extolled as the quintessential "Oriental Opera." As a highly visual art, it brings together music, literature, highly elaborate costumes, and face-painting. #Inheritors #Heritage #ChinaTravel #2025ChinaAgenda #ChinaVibes #Film #FilmTourinChina #Beijing | China Plus Culture

5.1K views · 214 reactions | #BeijingOpera masks are masterpieces of color and symbolism, each telling a story with their vivid hues and intricate designs! : Kuaishou #StageArtistry #CulturalHeritage #TraditionalArts #PekingOpera | Fantastic China | Facebook

18K views · 133 reactions | With bold strokes of red, white, and black, Vienna kids embodied the legendary Monkey King through the magic of Chinese opera face painting! | China Xinhua News | Facebook

The role of Jing in Peking Opera, also known as 'Hualian,' refers to a strong male character with a heavily painted face. Boasting different patterns and colorful variations, the painted faces reveal different personalities. For example, red denotes honor and loyalty, white represents wickedness or cunning, and black symbolizes soundness and integrity. #Heritage Watch the full Peking Opera episode of #Inheritors here: https://youtu.be/sfZw8-aQFfw | China Plus Culture

Foreign vloggers’ immersion in creating traditional Chinese opera face-paint art is impressive! Holding a brush with intense focus, carefully outlining colors on a facial mask, each stroke precise and deliberate—as if crafting a priceless treasure! This genuine passion for Chinese traditional culture is remarkable. #MyChinaStory #InternationalShortVideoCompetition #CulturalCommunication #BeijingOpera | China Matters

Why is Peking opera so quintessentially Chinese? Peking opera is in fact not local to Beijing only. It draws from all the opera traditions in China. Watch the entire Peking opera episode of #Inheritors here: https://youtu.be/sfZw8-aQFfw #Heritage | China Plus Culture

1.4M views · 1.9K reactions | While musicality is the main emphasis of Western opera, by contrast Peking Opera is a comprehensive theatrical art form that combines elements of several artistic disciplines, including the spoken word, song, dance and acrobatics. #Inheritors #Heritage #ChinaTravel #2025ChinaAgenda #ChinaVibes #Film #FilmTourinChina #Beijing | China Plus Culture | Facebook