KOBE—Ouka Nakanishi was 5 years old when she first saw someone’s face transform during Nankinmachi’s Lunar New Year festival. As traditional dances, martial arts demonstrations and other cultural ...

Shi Zhixuan, 3, puts on costumes before practicing Bian Lian, a rapid mask-changing technique which is part of the Sichuan opera, in Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Aug 20, ...

A visitor films a performance of bian lian, or face-changing, on May 8, 2023 in Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. Bian lian is one of the most famous and mysterious dramatic arts in ...

“I’d like to continue to bridge the traditions of Korea and China.” Kim is the one and only Korean bian lian performer who learned his art from Wang Daozheng (王道正) in China, often dubbed the "King of ...

A five-year-old Malaysian boy has gone viral on Chinese social media for performing face-changing routines in China, China Press reported. The child’s mother shared videos of him dressed in ...