Beijing Opera

Beijing Opera-京剧(jīng jù) has a history of over 200 years. It is noticeable for four highly systemized categories of singing, acting, reciting and acrobatic fighting.
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Roles in Beijing Opera are divided into four categories: 生(shēng), 旦(dàn), 净(jìng), 丑(chǒu), representing male, female, old, young, beautiful, honest and dishonest.
The most impressive part of Beijing Opera is the facial make-ups, which can depict different characters and images. The Beijing Opera supporters can easily recognize the nature of the characters in Beijing Opera by their specific make-ups as being good, evil, honest and dishonest. Can you?

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