In ancient China, educated men and women practised many arts. arts of painting, poetry and calligraphy were called "The perfections." All the three arts use a brush, they are often combined in one piece of art.
The ancient Chinese were also famous for porcelain (make). Porcelain is thin china made from clay. For hundreds of years, the Chinese (keep) how to make porcelain a secret. Today, many (factory) make porcelain plates and other objects (sell) throughout the world.
Today the arts are still popular in China. Two of (popular) art forms are acrobatics and Beijing opera.
Opera often (tell) of famous events. In Beijing opera, the performers wear fancy costumes and their faces are painted masks. Different colors of faces stand for different characters. Red denotes uprightness and loyalty, white represents evil or crafty characters, and black (give) to characters of soundness and integrity.
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