Man paints 700 Peking Opera masks in 50 years

By Zhang Yu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-07-02 21:45
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Zhang Fuli, 85, draws a facial mask of Peking Opera at home in Zhangjiakou, North China’s Hebei province. [Photo by He Ying/chinadaily.com.cn]

An 85-year-old man in Zhangjiakou, North China’s Hebei province has been painting Peking Opera facial masks for more than 50 years. Zhang Fuli used to be a professional performer of wusheng (a male martial-arts role in Peking Opera) when he was young. Based on his love for operas, Zhang draws facial masks as an amateur and has made more than 700 masks.

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