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![[Actors portraying women in the Peking Opera]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDcvYWN0b3JzLXBvcnRyYXlpbmctd29tZW4taW4tdGhlLXBla2luZy1vcGVyYS1mOGFlYTYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/219/jpg "[Actors portraying women in the Peking Opera]")
![The Abbe and his fellow monks [Buddhists?], Chosen (Korea)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWFiYmUtYW5kLWhpcy1mZWxsb3ctbW9ua3MtYnVkZGhpc3RzLWNob3Nlbi1rb3JlYS02NDAuanBn/40/43/webp "The Abbe and his fellow monks [Buddhists?], Chosen (Korea)")
![[Actors in the role of "bad guys" in the Peking Opera]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvYWN0b3JzLWluLXRoZS1yb2xlLW9mLWJhZC1ndXlzLWluLXRoZS1wZWtpbmctb3BlcmEtMWVmY2MzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[Actors in the role of \"bad guys\" in the Peking Opera]")
![[Actor in the role of a granddaughter in the Peking Opera]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYWN0b3ItaW4tdGhlLXJvbGUtb2YtYS1ncmFuZGRhdWdodGVyLWluLXRoZS1wZWtpbmctb3BlcmEtOWIxMTZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/58/webp "[Actor in the role of a granddaughter in the Peking Opera]")
![[Actor in the role of a grandmother in the Peking Opera]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvYWN0b3ItaW4tdGhlLXJvbGUtb2YtYS1ncmFuZG1vdGhlci1pbi10aGUtcGVraW5nLW9wZXJhLTI0ZWQ5Yi02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "[Actor in the role of a grandmother in the Peking Opera]")
![[Actors in the roles of a grandmother and another woman in the Peking Opera]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvYWN0b3JzLWluLXRoZS1yb2xlcy1vZi1hLWdyYW5kbW90aGVyLWFuZC1hbm90aGVyLXdvbWFuLWluLXRoZS1wZWtpbmctb3BlcmEtNjZlYTY5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Actors in the roles of a grandmother and another woman in the Peking Opera]")
![[Actor in the Peking Opera] - Drawing. Public domain image.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvYWN0b3ItaW4tdGhlLXBla2luZy1vcGVyYS1iN2FiOWItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Actor in the Peking Opera] - Drawing. Public domain image.")
![[Busy street scene in Beijing] - Public domain drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYnVzeS1zdHJlZXQtc2NlbmUtaW4tYmVpamluZy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[Busy street scene in Beijing] - Public domain drawing")
