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acrobatics acting actress army audience Ch'eng P'u Ch'i Ch'in player Ch'ou actor character China Chinese opera Ching actor Chou T'ung Chü-yi concubine costume daughter drama embroidered Emperor Erh Hu eunuch eyes Fan Erh Huang fastened female roles Fen River fighting front full-length girl hair hand Hopei Pang Tzu Hsiao Sheng Hsü Hsien Hsüeh Hsüeh-ngo Hu Ch'in Huang Chung instrument K'un Ch'ü opera K'ung-ming Kuan Kung Kuei Kuei-chih Lao Sheng LIEN Liu Pei Ma Su maid mainly MAKE-UP AND STAGE ments military plays Ming dynasty Ming Huang monk Monkey King movements and gestures officials orchestra painted face Peking opera percussion percussion instruments Prince Chu round satin scenery silk slightly Ssu-ma Yi STAGE PROPERTIES STORIES FROM PEKING stringed instrument Sung T'ang Tartars tea-houses theatre troupes Tzu Tou usually voice Wang P'ing water sleeves wear Wen-lung western White Snake wife worn Wu Sheng Wu Shu Yü-niang