China

• Peking Opera - known in Chinese as jingxi or jingju, drama of capital city
• To many Americans and Europeans the traditional Chinese theater is known as the Peking Opera
• Actors (Peking Opera):

  RED painted face - brave, honest

  GREEN painted face - hard-headed, disobedient, lacks self-control

  WHITE painted face- not loyal, cannot be trusted
• Costume and Props (Peking Opera):

  uses silk, satin, stylized and elaborated with long cuffs, satin coats