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Peking Opera（京剧）is a traditional form of Chinese culture. In Peking Opera, each character has their face painted in a special way. By looking at the face painting, the audience（观众）can know whether the character is good 1． bad.

Where did this kind of face painting come from? An old story told us that it had something to do 2． the Prince of Lanling. This prince was one of the four most handsome 3．（man）in ancient China. Some soldiers in the prince’s army 4．（think）that he was weak because of his good-looking face. So, to make himself look 5．（strong）than his appearance, the prince wore a mask with an ugly face painted on it.

Another face painting story was about Li Longji, 6． emperor in the Tang Dynasty. He loved opera very much. One day, a clown actor（丑角）fell ill right before a performance. The emperor planned 7．（play）this role himself. Then he covered his face with a piece of white square jade（玉）so that others wouldn’t be able to recognize 8．（he）. Ever since then, clown actors 9．（continue）to paint white squares on their faces.

As time went on, face painting started being 10．（wide）used to show the characters of different roles. It has become one of the many special art forms of Peking Opera.