【正确答案】Good morning, friends. Now we are in the Summer Palace. Next we are going to visit the Grand Theater, a tourist spot in the Summer Palace. This huge three-story theater is the largest local opera theater in China. Its height is 21 meters. You must know about the Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty. She was an avid Peking opera fan and often watched performance here.
Now let me give you some information about Peking opera. Peking opera is a purely Chinese opera form，one of the best parts of Chinese culture, which dates back to the year 1790. In that year, four local opera troupes of Anhui Province came to Beijing on a performance tour by order of the imperial court. The tour was a hit and the troupes stayed. The artists absorbed the tunes of some other local operas.
For the painted roles, a special feature of Peking opera, the different colors of the faces represent different characters and personalities. Red stands for uprightness and loyalty, black means wisdom, blue and green indicate the vigorous and rebellious heroes, yellow and white represent cunning, and gold and silver represent mystic or super-natural power.
Peking opera is also known as the Eastern opera. We have arranged a Peking opera performance tonight. If you have any questions about Peking opera, I am ready to answer them.