A man acting as the character Zhang Fei puts on makeup before a Chinese Peking Opera performance at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Chinese Taipei October 19, 2008. Chinese opera combines music, art, literature along with colourful costumes and make-up into one performance on the stage. Since the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) Chinese opera has been encouraged by court officials and emperors in China to become a traditional art form. [Agencies]
