Beijing Opera is our national opera. It 1 after 1790 and has a history of 2 200 years.Its music and singing came from are Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Huibei. There are 3 main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing, and Chou. Beijing Opera 4 famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, wonderful gestures and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but most are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can't agree 5 each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and 6. Sometimes they are frightened and worried. Then they find a way to make 7 with each other. Everyone is usually happy 8.
Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In China it used to be popular with old people 9 young people didn't like it very much. However, more young people are becoming interested in it nowadays. And more people around the world 10 Beijing Opera's special singing, acting and facial paintings.