The Beijing Opera came into being after1790 when the famousfourAnhuioperatroupes(戏班)came to Beijing. Its music and singing1 from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costumes(服饰) are all beautiful and artistic. Different people wear different 2 of clothes, dark or light,long or short. It is the highest expression of the Chinese culture. The Beijing Opera is3 famous stories,beautiful paintings,and wonderful gestures andfighting. Thiskindofoperaisverypopularwith4 people.AndnowmoreandmoreyoungpeopleinChina5 it. Many children learned to sing the Beijing Opera6 they were very young.
Stories in the Beijing Opera are very interesting. Some of them7 the history books,but most are from the literature and famous novels, such as Tea House.The people in the story usually8 some disagreements(意见不一). Theybecome9 andunhappy. Theyaresadandlonely. Sometimestheyarenervousand worried. Then they find a10 to make people happy. The stories usually end with happiness and people are all happy in the end.