This book includcslO classic Peking Opera plays as examplcs to introduce and explain the performance skills, stage attire, as well as the historical background of the plays, the humanistic spirit they convey while describing the plot of the plays. It enables western readers to learn the stories of the plays, understand some common knowledge of Peking Opera performance while reading the book.Through these Peking Opera plays, they can gain their primary cognition of the Chinese traditional culture.

Reading Ching through Peking Opera

Orphan of Zhao

A Gathering of Heroes

Dragon and Phoenix Present Auspiciousness

The Fourth Son Visits His Mother

Femal Generals of the Yang Family

The Wild Boar Forest

Legend of the White Snake

Four Newly Appointed Officials

The Story of Yutangchun

A Jewelry Pouch