Peking OperaⅤ

Facial make-up
There are three main characteristics of the facial make-up. It is a contrast of beauty and ugliness, deeply related to the personalities of the individual characters. The Sheng and Dan faces are simpler than the Jing and the Chou; the Jing’s facial make-up being the most colourful.

A Famous Opera Synopsis
Banquet at Hongmen (Hongmen Yan): This story is set in B.C. 206. Xiang Yu, a powerful warlord, invites Liu Bang, the future emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC- 24 AD) to a banquet at Hongmen in an attempt to murder him. Forewarned of the murder conspiracy in advance, Liu's officers help him crush the conspirators.