Colorful image of a person's face with peach blossoms -- Chinese opera culture story: Chinese opera culture story

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 evil, beauty and ugliness, as well as the spirit and moral concepts of patriotism, filial piety, pursuing freedom and love, upholding justice, promoting good and punishing evil, etc., 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 Enamored Soul, 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,