Human face peach blossoms

Author: Huang Ai'ai
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The human nature and emotions frequently reflected on the Chinese opera stage: loyalty and treachery, virtue and vice, beauty and ugliness, as well as the spiritual and moral concepts of patriotism, filial piety, pursuing freedom and love, upholding justice, and promoting good while punishing evil, all consciously or unconsciously influence our growth, refine, and correct our attitudes toward life and our sense of right and wrong. The three books—A Scholar Cooks the Sea, The Maiden's Soul Separates from Her Body, and Human Face, Peach Blossoms—feature 30 famous and representative works from Chinese operas throughout history, adapted into engaging stories. These include tragic historical tales,