Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera. It started after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera groups came to Beijing. Its music and singing come from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. Its costumes are all beautiful and artistic. It’s full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures (姿势) and fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people.

There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading man actor. For example, a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter. A Xiaosheng is a young man. A Laosheng is an old man. Dan is the young woman role. Jing, mostly man, is the face painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown.

Stories in Beijing Opera are very interesting. Some of them are from the history book, but most of them are from the literature (文学), especially famous novels. The people in the story usually have some disagreements.

They become angry and unhappy. They are sad and lonely. Sometimes they are nervous and worried. Then they find a way to make peace. The stories usually end with happiness and laughter and people are all happy in the end.

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Robert De Niro is an American actor. He is acted in many famous films. He's one of the greatest actors in film history.

Robert De Niro was born in 1943. He left high school at the age of sixteen. He wanted to have a career(职业) in acting. He dreamed of appearing in Hollywood films.

His first main role in a film came in 1973. It was in the film Bang the Drum Slowly. Later, he got a role in the film The Godfather PartⅡ. The film was one of the greatest films in history. He won his first Oscar for this role. It was the start of a great career. After this, he got many other important film roles.

On his way to a successful career, he became good friends with Martin Scorsese. Scorsese is a famous director(导演). They began to work together often. Their first film together was Mean Streets in 1973. It was very successful. In 1980, he acted in the film Raging Bull. Scorsese was the director again. And for this role, Robert De Niro won his second Oscar.

His acting career continued. In the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s, he kept acting in many films. Robert De Niro is a really great actor. If you're interested, you can see films on the Internet!

McDull is a talking piglet(小猪). He isn’t smart or good-looking. But he has a heart of gold(金子). McDull lives with his mother Mrs Mak in Hong Kong. Before his birth, his father left them. Mrs Mak had to raise McDull by herself.

They are not rich, but Mrs Mak tries her best to make a good life for McDull. However, when McDull grows up, he becomes a detective(侦探) and leaves home. The mother and the son are not as close as before. Can they go back together and be close mother and son again?

You may find the answer by watching the movie McDull · Me & My Mum. The movie is the fifth in the McDull series. As the first appearance(出现) of McDull film, McDull became a popular cartoon character(角色) because of his spirit(精神) of never giving up. The funny piglet has many dreams but fails every time he tries. He is down, but he keeps trying and works hard for other dreams.

Mrs Mak doesn’t appear very often in the first four McDull movies. But in McDull · Me & My Mum, she is a main character. The film is about mother’s love.