Our main reason for going to Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan Province, was to visit the panda park. While there, we also wanted to try real Sichuan food and see Sichuan opera. Their opera is a collection of variety performances, from singing, to acrobatics, to fire-spitting. It’s all very entertaining, but the highlight is face-changing. The masters of this art can change masks unbelievably fast. The videos below are short. Longer versions are here:
Sichuan Opera (longer version)
Face Changing (longer version)
Short clip of a variety of acts
Short clip of face changing