Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, demonstrates his face-changing skills with a mask featuring the Fuwa Huanhuan, one of the five Beijing Olympic mascots, in Suining, Sichuan July 7, 2008. Face changing, or bianlian in Chinese, is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]
Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, demonstrates his face-changing skills with a mask featuring the Fuwa Huanhuan, one of the five Beijing Olympic mascots, in Suining, SichuanJuly 7, 2008. Face changing, or "bianlian" in Chinese is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]
Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, demonstrates his face-changing skills with a mask featuring the Beijing 2008 Olympic emblem in Suining, Sichuan July 7, 2008. Face-changing, or "bianlian" in Chinese is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]
Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, paints the finishing touches to a mask with the Beijing 2008 Olympic emblem in Suining, Sichuan July 7, 2008. Face-changing, or "bianlian" in Chinese is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]
Liu Shihu, a Sichuan opera performer, examines one of his masks before demonstrating his face-changing skills in Suining, Sichuan July 7, 2008. Face-changing, or "bianlian" in Chinese is a stunt where performers change masks in the blink of an eye in Sichuan opera. [Asianewsphoto]
