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2008 Lunar New Year Festival

Saturday, February 9, 2008 10am to 4pm
Chinese Community Center
9800 Town Park

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Entertainment

Face changing is the highlight of the Sichuan Opera. It is a magical art and is considered an elite Chinese cultural performance alongside the Dragon dance, Lion dance, and martial arts. 

During the course of the performance, actors change more than 10 masks in less than 20 seconds! By raising the hand, swinging a sleeve, or tossing the head, an actor is able to use different masks to show different emotions, expressing invisible and intangible feelings through visible and tangible masks.

From green, blue, red, yellow, brown, black, dark and gold, these masks show fear, tension, relaxation, slyness, desperation, outrage, and so on. Anyone lucky enough to experience one of these magical performances up close will be left in amazement and awe.