Beijing opera is our national opera with a history of over 200 years. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. There are four in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou.

    Beijing Opera  famous stories, beautiful facial(脸部的) paintings, wonderful gestures(手势) and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but  are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can't agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Then they find a way to  with each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.

    Beijing opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In China, it used to be  with old people, while young people didn't like it very much. However, more and more young people, and even some foreigners, are becoming interested in it nowadays.