A member of the Chinese Opera breathes fire as part of the performance.

A member of the Chinese Opera breathes fire as part of the performance.

A large group of us at the hostel in Xi’an decided to do the Chinese opera one night.  We saw amazingly beautiful costumes, acrobatics, puppets, dancing, singing, face-changing (masks) and, of course, fire breathing.  It was a wide variety and I’m not sure just how much of it is for the tourists.  Does an actual opera have a plot and story? If so, how do they incorporate all the stuff we saw?

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