This book includcslO classic Peking Opera plays as examplcs to introduce and explain the performance skills, stage attire, as well as the historical background of the plays, the humanistic spirit they convey while describing the plot of the plays. It enables western readers to learn the stories of the plays, understand some common knowledge of Peking Opera performance while reading the book.Through these Peking Opera plays, they can gain their primary cognition of the Chinese traditional culture.